DAILY NO. 19 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five insects & bugs objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 10, 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 10, 2026 puzzle ran from a leafcutter ant at 1.3 cm to a giant centipede at 30 cm — about 23× apart, drawing on insects & bugs. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a leafcutter ant is 1.3× as big as a ladybird beetle.
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 Centipede — 30 cm. A giant centipede measures 30 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, an American football at 28 cm.
Scolopendra gigantea hunts bats in mid-air, plucking them from cave ceilings.
Common miss: players tend to compress a giant centipede when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Leafcutter Ant — 1.3 cm. A leafcutter ant measures 1.3 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a ladybird beetle at 1 cm.
Leafcutters routinely carry many times their own body weight.
Common miss: players tend to compress a leafcutter ant when it sits beside a ladybird beetle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Goliath Birdeater — 28 cm. A Goliath birdeater measures 28 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
Its leg span can be wider than a dinner plate.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Goliath birdeater when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Giant Wētā — 10 cm. A giant wētā measures 10 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a hamburger 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 hamburger — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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