ALL ANSWERS · INSECTS · DAILY No. 32 · OCTOBER 5, 2026
Size It Up Insects answer: October 5
The five Insects silhouettes for October 5, 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 32 ran from a red flour beetle (3.45 mm) to a luna moth (9 cm). The widest gap was round 5, Orange-tip Butterfly against Red Flour Beetle, at 13×; the closest call was round 1, Brown Hawker against Elephant Hawk-moth, 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
Brown Hawker (adult) vs Elephant Hawk-moth (adult)
Elephant Hawk-moth · reference · 5.25 cm Brown Hawker · true length · 7.3 cm 1.4× longer than the elephant hawk-moth
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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ROUND 2
Common Blue Butterfly (adult) vs Heath Bumblebee (adult)
Heath Bumblebee · reference · 1.4 cm Common Blue Butterfly · true wingspan · 3.25 cm 2.3× wider than the heath bumblebee
Common Blue Butterfly: 32.5 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 32.5 mm from the published 29–36 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 3
Red-tailed Bumblebee (adult) vs Common Red Soldier Beetle (adult)
Common Red Soldier Beetle · reference · 1 cm Red-tailed Bumblebee · true length · 2.2 cm 2.2× longer than the common red soldier beetle
Red-tailed Bumblebee: 22 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 22 mm from the published 22 mm length. Head to abdomen tip; wings, legs and antennae excluded.
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ROUND 4
Early Bumblebee (adult) vs Luna Moth (adult · open wings)
Luna Moth · reference · 9 cm Early Bumblebee · true length · 1.7 cm 5.3× shorter than the luna moth
Early Bumblebee: 17 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 17 mm from the published 16–18 mm length. This is the range midpoint, not a species-wide average. Head to abdomen tip; wings, legs and antennae excluded.
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ROUND 5
Orange-tip Butterfly (adult) vs Red Flour Beetle (adult)
Red Flour Beetle · reference · 3.45 mm Orange-tip Butterfly · true wingspan · 4.6 cm 13× wider than the red flour beetle
Orange-tip Butterfly: 46 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 46 mm from the published 40–52 mm wingspan. This is the range midpoint, not a species-wide average. Furthest left to furthest right wingtip with wings spread.
Beat these tomorrow
Every round is worth up to 100 points: within 6% of the true size scores 100, half or double scores 45, five times off scores zero. The daily puzzle is the same five for everyone and refreshes at midnight in your time zone; if you want more than five, Size It Up Unlimited draws fresh pairs from the whole library for as long as you like.