DAILY NO. 40 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five insects & bugs Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The October 31, 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 4: a giant stick insect is 1.3× as big as a computer keyboard.
Answer: Monarch Butterfly — 10 cm. A monarch butterfly measures 10 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a chocolate chip cookie at 8 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 chocolate chip cookie — 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: Mosquito — 1.5 cm. A mosquito measures 1.5 cm (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a leafcutter ant at 1.3 cm.
Only the females bite; the whine is the wingbeat, hundreds of times a second.
Common miss: players tend to compress a mosquito when it sits beside a leafcutter ant — 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: 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.
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