Figure 2
Effects of mating and starvation on the size of the blood meal of Cimex lectularius females. The ratio of blood meal mass to the unfed body mass of three treatment groups. Unmated- Reference (not exposed to males); Unmated-Long: each female was housed with a sterile male (denoted by an X within the male sign) until she died; and Mated-Long: each female was housed with a fertile male (denoted by a male sign) until she died. Both Unmated-Long and Mated-Long females were exposed to four starvation periods: 8, 20, 30 or 40 days. Numbers within bars represent the total number of replications for that treatment. Bars show mean ± SEM (n = 30–50) and all replicates are displayed. Bars with different lower-case letters indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) according to Kruskal–Wallis, Dunn's post hoc test.
