AN ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT COMPOSITIONS OF VESPA VEUTINA AURARIS AND EVALUATION OF THEIR UTILIZATION

In this paper, moisture, ash, proteins, amino acids, liqid and carbohy-drates contents in three edible stages of Vespa veutina aurarisSmith were respectively measured and compared.The larva, pupa and adult of this species contained proteins of 15.13%, 17.12% and 21.07%, liqid of 7.18%, 6.97%and 4.08%, carbohydrates of 2.24%, 1.66% and 0.65% respectively.The analysis based on amino acid compositions showed that in three stages E% were 36.20%, 39.23% and 42.48%, E/N were 0.57, 0.65 and 0.74, E%/T were 2.41, 2.62 and 2.83 respectively.The result showed that the edible wasps in stages were good animal protein resources, while adult wasp as food was the best stage.