Table 1. Drying yield and proximate composition of white-spotted flower chafer (Protaetia brevitarsis) larvae produced from commercial insect farms in Korea

Traits	Farm A1)	Farm B	Farm C	Farm D	Farm E	p-value
Drying yield (%)	14.12±0.48d	16.70±0.34c	26.11±0.21b	27.28±0.05a	26.84±0.04a	<0.001
Proximate composition (g/100 g)
Moisture	5.15±0.05cd	5.14±0.23d	5.97±0.03b	7.38±0.12a	5.38±0.07c	<0.001
Protein	66.82±0.41a	66.02±0.33a	54.48±0.26b	67.07±0.66a	54.16±1.28b	<0.001
Lipid	9.91±0.08e	11.88±1.31d	18.06±0.64b	16.34±0.07c	19.38±0.27a	<0.001
Ash	8.48±0.23a	7.35±0.10b	5.48±0.05d	6.76±0.15c	5.48±0.07d	<0.001

All values are presented as mean±SD of triplicate (n=3).
Farm A, Protaetia brevitarsis larvae fed with oak only; Farm B, Protaetia brevitarsis larvae fed with oak and scrub; Farm C, Protaetia brevitarsis larvae fed with commercial feed; Farm D, Protaetia brevitarsis larvae fed with private fermented feed; Farm E, Protaetia brevitarsis larvae fed with by-product from mushroom compost.
Means with different superscripts indicate significant difference within a row (p<0.05).