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.