Table 3. Amino Acid Profile of Protein From 6 Species of Insects in Dry-Weight Percentage.Amino acid House crickets (nymphs) Yellow mealworms (larvae) Super-worms (larvae) Wax-worms (larvae) Soldier flies (larvae) House flies (adults)Alanine, % 5.45 5.27 3.89 3.29 3.14 4.64Arginine, % 4.95 4.44 3.49 3.29 3.17 4.80Aspertic acid, % 4.73 4.89 4.38 3.98 4.25 6.47Cysteine, % 0.59 0.52 0.47 0.30 0.26 0.56Glycine, % 3.21 3.22 2.51 2.21 2.36 3.35Glutamic acid, % 6.87 6.85 6.59 5.07 5.08 8.37Histidine, % 1.32 1.80 1.60 0.88 1.53 2.27Isoleucine, % 2.42 2.68 2.38 1.83 1.96 3.23Leucine, % 4.25 4.50 3.68 3.01 3.12 4.92Lysine, % 3.48 3.44 2.89 2.38 3.07 5.00Methionine, % 1.00 0.82 0.69 0.67 0.87 2.32Phenylalanine, % 2.13 2.10 2.00 1.62 1.95 3.14Proline, % 3.59 4.12 2.86 2.90 2.63 3.32Serine, % 2.43 2.77 2.19 2.64 1.81 2.77Threonine, % 2.26 2.43 2.02 1.67 1.76 2.99Tryptophan, % 0.52 0.69 0.55 0.45 0.77 0.95Tyrosine, % 3.89 3.83 3.54 2.53 3.12 3.67Valine, % 3.58 4.12 3.32 2.65 3.32 4.37Source [56, 57].