Nutritional variety amoung roaches?

[Kushcham]

Do different species of roaches have much of a difference in nutirional variety? If so is it enough of a variety to make breeding something other than the dubias worth it? Thanks in advance.

 

[nightanole]

Sample Moisture Protein Fat Fiber Ash

B. Laterallis 63.63% 36.5% 5.31% 2.19% 1.95%

B. Dubia 61.18% 35.6% 6.75% 3.25% 2.01%

Meal worms 58.74% 21.0% 15.52% 2.01% 1.18%

Crickets 71.96% 18.5% 6.26% 2.09% 1.29%

G. Portentosa 64.09% 26.7% 5.05% 5.62% 1.37%


So going by that, Nope. sorry the macros are the same across the board.

 

[pssh]

I think its worth it to provide more variety for the chameleon! Mine seem to enjoy getting different roaches.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I have found that one roach type will happily and readily eat gutload items that other roach types arent eager to eat. So YES they can be nutritionally different, due to gutloading differences at least.

And I agree with pssh - my chameleons enjoy eating different things. The look of a dubia is very different from a turk or hisser. This adds interest.