نقش حشرات در جیره ی غذایی آبزیان: مطالعه موردی سوسک زرد آرد (میلورم) Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Diversity of digestive proteinases in Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) larvae.

The spectrum of Tenebrio molitor larval digestive proteinases was studied in the context of the spatial organization of protein digestion in the midgut. The pH of midgut contents increased from 5.2-5.6 to 7.8-8.2 from the anterior to the posterior. This pH gradient was reflected in the pH optima of the total proteolytic activity, 5.2 in the anterior and 9.0 in the posterior midgut. When measure...

A nuptially transmitted ichthyosporean symbiont of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).

The yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor, harbors a symbiont that has spores with a thick, laminated wall and infects the fat body and ventral nerve chord of adult and larval beetles. In adult males, there is heavy infection of the epithelial cells of the testes and between testes lobes with occasional penetration of the lobes. Spores are enveloped in the spermatophores when they are formed at the...

مروری بر امکان جایگزینی آرد حشرات با آرد ماهی در جیره ی غذایی آبزیان

کاهش دسترسی به آرد ماهی و همچنین افزایش قیمت آن موجب شده است تا جستجو برای جایگزین های مناسب آن شروع شود. حشرات که بخشی از غذای طبیعی ماهی ها محسوب می شوند، برای تکثیر به فضای کمی نیاز دارند و اثرات مخرب زیست محیطی آنها نیزکم است. رشد سریع، تکثیر آسان و کم هزینه، بازده مطلوب تبدیل خوراک به زیست توده و همچنین همانندی پروفایل اسید های آمینه (بجز هیستیدین، ترئونین و لیزین) موجود در آرد حشرات با آر...

Individual and population effects of eugregarine, Gregarina niphandrodes (Eugregarinida: Gregarinidae), on Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).

Gregarines are single-celled parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa that infect invertebrates. They are highly abundant on three levels: among a large diversity of invertebrates, in the proportion of population of organisms they infect, and within individually infected organisms. Because of their remarkable prevalence, we hypothesize that they play an important role in support of their hosts. Howe...

Effects of Brewer’s spent grain (BSG) on larval growth of mealworms, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Self-selection of two diet components by Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) larvae and its impact on fitness.

We studied the ability of Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) to self-select optimal ratios of two dietary components to approach nutritional balance and maximum fitness. Relative consumption of wheat bran and dry potato flakes was determined among larvae feeding on four different ratios of these components (10, 20, 30, and 40% potato). Groups of early instars were provided with a ...