Treatment* |
|
Bed Bugs Mean Mass (g) (x̅ ± SEM) |
Mean % Increase (x̅ ± SEM) |
Ibuprofen (ppm) |
N** |
Before Feeding |
After Feeding |
Increase |
0 |
120 |
0.0856 ± 0.0019 |
0.1930 ± 0.0043 |
0.1074 ± 0.0035 |
125.65 ± 4.59 a |
40 |
120 |
0.0831 ± 0.0022 |
0.2014 ± 0.0049 |
0.1183 ± 0.0038 |
142.67 ± 5.03 a |
80 |
120 |
0.0850 ± 0.0008 |
0.1939 ± 0.0064 |
0.1090 ± 0.0066 |
128.42 ± 8.12 ac |
120 |
120 |
0.0824 ± 0.0012 |
0.1992 ± 0.0036 |
0.1168 ± 0.0029 |
141.86 ± 3.16 a |
160 |
120 |
0.0849 ± 0.0023 |
0.2185 ± 0.0123 |
0.1096 ± 0.0111 |
131.88 ± 12.91 ae |
200 |
120 |
0.0849 ± 0.0016 |
0.2185 ± 0.0062 |
0.1336 ± 0.0054 |
157.30 ± 5.80 bd |
|
*Each treatment had six replications
**Total numbers of bed bugs per treatment |
Table 1: Average weight of the 20 bed bugs (10 M: 10 F) before and after feeding, plus mass and percent increase for each Ibuprofen concentration added to their blood meal. Significant differences (p<0.05) of the average mass percent increase is represented by the different letters. |