How Fast Is Tick Crawling?

Ticks crawl at just 8 mm per second — but they make up for it with patience, waiting weeks at a time on the tips of grass blades, dropping onto passing hosts with quiet precision. They can survive over 200 days between meals.

Ticks can survive over 200 days between meals — and a single tick has been recorded living up to 7 years between hosts.

• 2× faster than a starfish crawls
• 175× slower than walking pace