How Fast Is Bedbug?

Bedbugs crawl at about 1.5 cm per second — roughly 3 body lengths per second. At this pace they cross a typical bed in under 2 minutes, which is precisely how they relocate to fresh hosts during the night.

Bedbugs have developed resistance to most modern pesticides, making them famously hard to eradicate.

• Similar pace to an ant
• They can cross a bed in 2 minutes