DAILY NO. 14 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five insects & bugs objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 5, 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.
The October 5, 2026 puzzle ran from a honey bee at 1.5 cm to a giant stick insect at 56 cm — about 37× apart, drawing on insects & bugs. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a giant centipede is about 1.5× smaller than a domestic cat.
Answer: Goliath Birdeater — 28 cm. A Goliath birdeater measures 28 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an American football at 28 cm.
Its leg span can be wider than a dinner plate.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Goliath birdeater when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Large Dragonfly — 12 cm. A large dragonfly measures 12 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a hard-shell taco at 15 cm.
Dragonflies catch their prey on over ninety per cent of attempts, the best hit rate of any predator.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a large dragonfly when it sits beside a hard-shell taco — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Giant Stick Insect — 56 cm. A giant stick insect measures 56 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.
Record stick insects can exceed half a metre with legs extended.
Common miss: players tend to compress a giant stick insect when it sits beside a computer keyboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Honey Bee — 1.5 cm. 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: Giant Centipede — 30 cm. A giant centipede measures 30 cm (length / span), which is about 1.5× smaller than the reference, a domestic cat at 46 cm.
Scolopendra gigantea hunts bats in mid-air, plucking them from cave ceilings.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a giant centipede when it sits beside a domestic cat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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