Acheta domestica

The gryllid Acheta domestica was sourced from a pet-shop supplier, whilst Gryllodes sigillatus nymphs were collected on the University of Pretoria campus; both species were raised to adulthood in the laboratory.

Nakagagi and Finke [12] have reported the superiority of house cricket Acheta domestica protein to soyaprotein in promoting growth at all levels of intake.

No que se refere ao conteudo vitaminico, Ramos-Elorduy e Pino (2001) determinaram a concentracao de vitaminas A, C, D e B (tiamina, riboflavina e niacina) em 35 especies de insetos comestiveis no Mexico e chegaram aos seguintes resultados: larvas e pupas do marimbondo Brachygastra mellifica (Say) contem 0,11mg/100g de tiamina, 0,17mg/ 100g de riboflavina e 0,25mg/100g de niacina; as formas aladas de Atta cephalotes apresentam 0,61mg/100g de tiamina, 1,01mg/100g de riboflavina e 1,26mg/ 100g de niacina; o grilo da especie Acheta domestica L.

Spiders were provided with water ad libitum and fed three times per week on a mixed diet of mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) and crickets (Acheta domestica).

Formation of two spherical nuage/ Balbiani bodies along the long axis of previtellogenic oocytes in Acheta domestica was demonstrated by differential interference microscopy.