Table 4 shows the proximate composition
of eight Thai edible terricolous insects. The protein content
of edible insects ranged from 37.46% in queen caste to 54.43% in
dung beetle. This value is higher than the values reported in
Brachytrypes spp. (6.25%) to Analeptes trifasciata (29.62%) of edible
insects in southwestern Nigeria reported by Banjo, Lawal, and
Songnuga (2006) and dung beetle higher than the values reported
in the larval and adult stages of Zonocerus variegatus 50.10–53.39%
by Adedire and Aiyesanmi (1999).