| Feeder Crickets Nutritional Comparison
It was already mentioned that
gut loaded feeder
crickets make an excellent balanced source of proteins,
carbohydrates, fats and vitamins. They can be fed as main
foodstuff for almost any insectivorous animal. In addition to
this, cricket dusting
can also be used to balance them more with regards to minerals,
especially calcium.
Table 1: Average nutritional composition of the European house
cricket (Acheta domestica) compared with other common feeder
insects*. |