Carbohydrate and Roughage Requirement of the Cricket, Acheta domesticus

An investigation was conducted to determine the approximate quantitative and qualitative carbohydrate and roughage requirements of the cricket, Acheta domesticus (L). The insects were fed purified diets for three weeks after hatching, weighed and the data statistically analyzed. It was shown that al...

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Published inThe Journal of nutrition Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 139 - 146
Main Authors Neville, P.F., Luckey, T.D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.1962
Subjects
Animals
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Carbohydrates
Dietary Fiber
Gryllidae
Humans
Insecta
Old Medline
INSECTS
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
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Summary:An investigation was conducted to determine the approximate quantitative and qualitative carbohydrate and roughage requirements of the cricket, Acheta domesticus (L). The insects were fed purified diets for three weeks after hatching, weighed and the data statistically analyzed. It was shown that although the cricket is capable of utilizing a variety of carbohydrates, a dietary source is not essential for life of the insect during the period of assay; and as is the case with many insects, D-ribose, D-xylose, D- and L-arabinose and L-sorbose are inhibitory to growth. For maximal growth, roughage is an essential component of the diet. The best growth was obtained with diets composed of 25 to 48% of roughage and 6 to 29% of sugar. Polyetheylene and styrene-divinylbenzene, in a powdered form, were equal to cellulose as a source of roughage for the cricket and polyethylene was equal to cellulose as a roughage for the rat.
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ISSN:0022-3166
DOI:10.1093/jn/78.2.139