"Chemical Composition, Nutrient Quality and Acceptability of Edible Insects Are Affected by Species, Developmental Stage, Gender, Diet, and Processing Method"...
I know this referees to people, but the same is true for chameleons IMHO...
"In certain regions the people’s diet may lack zinc, but in others there may be a shortage of magnesium, or iron, or calcium. To improve situations such as these, some species of insects could be promoted that are particularly rich in the minerals that are needed. Likewise, there may be reasons to boost certain fatty acids in the diet, acids that could be supplied by specific species of insects. To be able to select the appropriate species, it is of course essential to know precisely the chemical composition of the insect species, which demonstrates how important it is to have a detailed catalogue of the contents of as many species of insects as possible. If one extends this to animal feed, fish culturists may desire in particular protein-rich species, but pigs should perhaps be fed fatty insects and poultry farmers may wish to obtain insects with a high calcium content."...
https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/f...ploy/foods-10-01036-v3.pdf?version=1620868141
"In this article, you're going to learn why you should consider farming and eating the black soldier fly larvae (BSFL)"...
https://www.eatcrickster.com/blog/black-soldier-fly
I know this referees to people, but the same is true for chameleons IMHO...
"In certain regions the people’s diet may lack zinc, but in others there may be a shortage of magnesium, or iron, or calcium. To improve situations such as these, some species of insects could be promoted that are particularly rich in the minerals that are needed. Likewise, there may be reasons to boost certain fatty acids in the diet, acids that could be supplied by specific species of insects. To be able to select the appropriate species, it is of course essential to know precisely the chemical composition of the insect species, which demonstrates how important it is to have a detailed catalogue of the contents of as many species of insects as possible. If one extends this to animal feed, fish culturists may desire in particular protein-rich species, but pigs should perhaps be fed fatty insects and poultry farmers may wish to obtain insects with a high calcium content."...
https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/f...ploy/foods-10-01036-v3.pdf?version=1620868141
"In this article, you're going to learn why you should consider farming and eating the black soldier fly larvae (BSFL)"...
https://www.eatcrickster.com/blog/black-soldier-fly
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