DAILY NO. 29 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five insects & bugs objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 20, 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 20, 2026 puzzle ran from a mosquito 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 2: a giant stick insect is 1.6× as big as a large pizza.
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: Giant Stick Insect — 56 cm. A giant stick insect measures 56 cm (length / span), which is 1.6× as big as the reference, a large pizza at 35.6 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 large pizza — 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.
Answer: Giant Centipede — 30 cm. A giant centipede measures 30 cm (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 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 NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Mosquito — 1.5 cm. A mosquito measures 1.5 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a honey bee at 1.5 cm.
Only the females bite; the whine is the wingbeat, hundreds of times a second.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a mosquito when it sits beside a honey bee — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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