DAILY NO. 33 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five insects & bugs objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 24, 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 24, 2026 puzzle ran from a ladybird beetle at 1 cm to a Goliath birdeater at 28 cm — about 28× apart, drawing on insects & bugs. The pair furthest apart was round 2: a monarch butterfly is 1.3× as big as a hockey puck.
Answer: Ladybird Beetle — 1 cm. 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: Monarch Butterfly — 10 cm. A monarch butterfly measures 10 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a hockey puck at 7.6 cm.
Monarchs migrate as far as 4,000 km on a 10 cm wingspan.
Common miss: players tend to compress a monarch butterfly when it sits beside a hockey puck — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Goliath Birdeater — 28 cm. A Goliath birdeater measures 28 cm (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 cm.
Its leg span can be wider than a dinner plate.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Goliath birdeater when it sits beside an NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Atlas Moth Wingspan — 27 cm. An Atlas moth wingspan measures 27 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an American football at 28 cm.
Atlas moths have some of the largest wings of any insect.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an Atlas moth wingspan when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Goliath Beetle — 11 cm. A Goliath beetle measures 11 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a hamburger at 10 cm.
Among the heaviest insects alive — the larvae can reach 100 g.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Goliath beetle when it sits beside a hamburger — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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