DAILY NO. 33 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five insects & bugs objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 3, 2026, with the measured size of each, the reference it was compared against, a source you can check, and how the community's guesses landed. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: a giant wētā measures 10 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a monarch butterfly at 10 cm.
One of the heaviest insects on Earth — a large female outweighs a sparrow.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a giant wētā when it sits beside a monarch butterfly — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a honey bee measures 1.5 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a mosquito at 1.5 cm.
A worker weighs about a tenth of a gram and cruises at 25 km/h.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a honey bee when it sits beside a mosquito — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a ladybird beetle measures 1 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a leafcutter ant at 1.3 cm.
One ladybird can eat several thousand aphids in a lifetime.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a ladybird beetle when it sits beside a leafcutter ant — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a Goliath beetle measures 11 cm (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a hot dog at 15 cm.
Among the heaviest insects alive — the larvae can reach 100 g.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Goliath beetle when it sits beside a hot dog — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a praying mantis measures 10 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a hamburger at 10 cm.
A mantis can turn its head almost all the way round, which few insects manage.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a praying mantis when it sits beside a hamburger — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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