Figure 1.
Male bed bug in a test tube as presented to people in an inquiry about bed bugs.
Figure 2.
Responses by 391 people that were shown a live bed bug and asked about the identity of the animal.
The bed bug was presented in a test tube (see Figure 1). People aged 6–92 years.
Table 1.
Sources of information people in Germany know bed bugs from, the proportion of each category that correctly identified the bed bugs and the age-corrected prediction of that category.
Figure 3.
Responses by 391 people that were shown a live bed bug and asked what they think should be done in case of a bed bug infestation.
Respondents were the same as for Figure 2.