ALL ANSWERS · INSECTS · DAILY No. 34 · OCTOBER 7, 2026
Size It Up Insects answer: October 7
The five Insects silhouettes for October 7, 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 34 ran from a common house mosquito (5 mm) to a puriri moth (15 cm). The widest gap was round 3, Meadow Brown against Common House Mosquito, at 10×; the closest call was round 2, Rose Chafer against Small Blue Butterfly, only 1.2× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Pine Hawk-moth (adult) vs Blue Morpho (adult · open wings)
Blue Morpho · reference · 14 cm Pine Hawk-moth · true wingspan · 7.25 cm 1.9× shorter than the blue morpho
Pine Hawk-moth: 72.5 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 72.5 mm midpoint of the published 65–80 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 2
Rose Chafer (adult) vs Small Blue Butterfly (adult)
Small Blue Butterfly · reference · 2.25 cm Rose Chafer · true length · 1.85 cm 1.2× shorter than the small blue butterfly
Rose Chafer: 18.5 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 18.5 mm from the published 17–20 mm length. This is the range midpoint, not a species-wide average. Head to elytra tip; antennae and legs excluded.
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ROUND 3
Meadow Brown (adult) vs Common House Mosquito (adult)
Common House Mosquito · reference · 5 mm Meadow Brown · true wingspan · 5 cm 10× wider than the common house mosquito
Meadow Brown: 50 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 50 mm from the published 40–60 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
Puriri Moth (adult female · open wings) vs Privet Hawk-moth (adult)
Privet Hawk-moth · reference · 10.5 cm Puriri Moth · true wingspan · 15 cm 1.4× wider than the privet hawk-moth
Puriri Moth: 150 mm wingspan for the selected adult female. Published average female wingspan 150 mm; males average 100 mm. Furthest left to furthest right wingtip with wings spread.
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ROUND 5
Minotaur Beetle (male · horns included) vs Seven-spot Ladybird (adult)
Seven-spot Ladybird · reference · 6.6 mm Minotaur Beetle · true length · 2.4 cm 3.6× longer than the seven-spot ladybird
Minotaur Beetle: 24 mm length including horns for the selected male. Selected 24 mm at the top of the published adult range 15-24 mm. Horn tips to elytra tip; the male's three forward horns are included, antennae and legs excluded.
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