ALL ANSWERS · INSECTS · DAILY No. 26 · SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
Size It Up Insects answer: September 29
The five Insects silhouettes for September 29, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
Day 26 ran from a common fruit fly (2.5 mm) to a convolvulus hawk-moth (10 cm). The widest gap was round 5, Brown Hawker against Honeybee, at 6.1×; the closest call was round 3, Painted Lady against Green-veined White, only 1.4× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Firebrat (adult) vs Common Fruit Fly (adult)
Common Fruit Fly · reference · 2.5 mm Firebrat · true length · 1.15 cm 4.6× longer than the common fruit fly
Firebrat: 11.5 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 11.5 mm within the published adult range 10-15 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae, tail filaments and legs excluded.
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ROUND 2
Common Wasp (large adult) vs Meadow Brown (adult)
Meadow Brown · reference · 5 cm Common Wasp · true length · 2 cm 2.5× shorter than the meadow brown
Common Wasp: 20 mm body length for the selected large adult. Selected 20 mm from the published up to 20 mm length. Head to abdomen tip; wings, legs and antennae excluded.
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ROUND 3
Painted Lady (adult) vs Green-veined White (adult)
Green-veined White · reference · 4.6 cm Painted Lady · true wingspan · 6.6 cm 1.4× wider than the green-veined white
Painted Lady: 66 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 66 mm from the published 58–74 mm wingspan. This is the range midpoint, not a species-wide average. Furthest left to furthest right wingtip with wings spread.
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ROUND 4
Convolvulus Hawk-moth (adult) vs Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (male · horn included)
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle · reference · 5.5 cm Convolvulus Hawk-moth · true wingspan · 10 cm 1.8× wider than the Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Convolvulus Hawk-moth: 100 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 100 mm midpoint of the published 80–120 mm wingspan range; not a species-wide average. Furthest left to furthest right wingtip with wings spread; legs and antennae excluded.
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ROUND 5
Brown Hawker (adult) vs Honeybee (adult)
Honeybee · reference · 1.2 cm Brown Hawker · true length · 7.3 cm 6.1× longer than the honeybee
Brown Hawker: 73 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 73 mm from the published 73 mm length. Head to abdomen tip; wings and legs excluded.
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