Effects of Temperature and Density on House Cricket Survival and Growth and on the Prevalence of Acheta Domesticus Densovirus

The house cricket, Acheta domesticus, is a commonly reared insect for food and feed purposes. In 1977, report described colony collapse, which was caused by the single-stranded DNA virus domesticus densovirus (AdDV). Currently, there are no confirmed A. colonies free of AdDV, viral disease outbreaks continuous threat to mass rearing. Correlations between cricket rearing density or temperature AdDV abundance have been hypothesized, but experimental evidence lacking. Optimised conditions, including density, key cost-effective production. this study, crickets were subjected different combinations (10, 20, 40 per box) (25, 30, 35 °C) study effect on survival, biomass, abundance. Rearing affected had minor ranged 80 83%. Total biomass increased with higher temperatures densities. Viral in at end period variable; however, high seemed result At °C, considered suboptimal production, tended be lower than 25 30 °C.