ALL ANSWERS · INSECTS · DAILY No. 37 · OCTOBER 10, 2026
Size It Up Insects answer: October 10
The five Insects silhouettes for October 10, 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 37 ran from a booklouse (1 mm) to an Annam stick insect (10.3 cm). The widest gap was round 5, Tree Bumblebee against Peacock Butterfly, at 5.3×; the closest call was round 3, Booklouse against Head Louse, only 2.2× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Annam Stick Insect (adult) vs Great Diving Beetle (adult)
Great Diving Beetle · reference · 4.4 cm Annam Stick Insect · true length · 10.3 cm 2.3× longer than the great diving beetle
Annam Stick Insect: 103 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 103 mm within the published adult range 100-120 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae and the forward-stretched legs are excluded.
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ROUND 2
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (adult) vs Red Flour Beetle (adult)
Red Flour Beetle · reference · 3.45 mm Brown Marmorated Stink Bug · true length · 1.7 cm 4.9× longer than the red flour beetle
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: 17 mm body length for the selected adult. Published adult length about 17 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae and legs excluded. Dorsal outline rotated to align the body.
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ROUND 3
Booklouse (adult) vs Head Louse (adult)
Head Louse · reference · 2.2 mm Booklouse · true length · 1 mm 2.2× shorter than the head louse
Booklouse: 1 mm body length for the selected adult. Published adult body length about 1 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae and legs excluded.
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ROUND 4
Red Admiral (adult · open wings) vs Minotaur Beetle (male · horns included)
Minotaur Beetle · reference · 2.4 cm Red Admiral · true wingspan · 7.1 cm 3.0× wider than the minotaur beetle
Red Admiral: 71 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 71 mm within published wingspan 64–78 mm. Furthest left to furthest right wingtip with wings spread.
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ROUND 5
Tree Bumblebee (adult) vs Peacock Butterfly (adult · open wings)
Peacock Butterfly · reference · 6.9 cm Tree Bumblebee · true length · 1.3 cm 5.3× shorter than the peacock butterfly
Tree Bumblebee: 13 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 13 mm from the published 10–16 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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