Figure 5
Effects of mating frequency and starvation on the survival of female Cimex lectularius. The four treatments include, Unmated-Long: each female was housed with a sterile male (intromittent organ surgically ablated, denoted by an X within the male sign) until she died; Mated-Long: each female was housed with a fertile male until she died (denoted by a male sign); Unmated-Short: each female was housed with a sterile male for 24 h and the male was replaced with an antennaless female (denoted by an X within the male sign and then a female sign); and Mated-Short: each female was housed with a fertile male for 24 h and the male was replaced with an antennaless female (denoted by a male sign and then a female sign). Survival curves with different lower-case letters are significantly different (P < 0.0001) according to log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test.
