Table 2 Fresh & dry weight (mg), water content (mg), total protein %, crude fat % and carbohydrate % in the fully grown larvae of Galleria mellonella fed on different diets

1-Bee wax-comb (natural-food)

280.78 ± 6.11 a

106.28 ± 2.92 a

174.50 ± 4.42 a

36.63 ± 0.46 b

52.75 ± 0.48 a

2.02 ± 0.05 a

2-Wheat flour (Standard diet)

239.71 ± 6.29 b

88.56 ± 2.74 b

151.15 ± 4.65 b

40.52 ± 0.59 a

50.93 ± 0.50 ab

1.69 ± 0.04 b

3-Soybean

280.00 ± 4.91 a

104.4 ± 3.40 a

175.60 ± 3.81 a

41.87 ± 0.57 a

49.99 ± 0.39 b

1.97 ± 0.05 a

4-Wheat germ

243.64 ± 5.04 b

86.00 ± 2.88 b

157.64 ± 7.00 ab

40.92 ± 0.57 a

52.18 ± 0.51 ab

1.79 ± 0.04 b

5-Date syrup (Dibis)

192.01 ± 3.54 c

63.22 ± 2.15 c

128.79 ± 4.39 c

39.51 ± 0.40 a

50.92 ± 0.50 ab

1.44 ± 0.05 c

F_4,10

39.852

31.063

12.435

8.767

3.155

23.110

P_ANOVA

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.003

0.06

 < 0.001