ALL ANSWERS · INSECTS · DAILY No. 45 · OCTOBER 18, 2026
Size It Up Insects answer: October 18
The five Insects silhouettes for October 18, 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 45 ran from a common house mosquito (5 mm) to a convolvulus hawk-moth (10 cm). The widest gap was round 2, White-tailed Bumblebee against Convolvulus Hawk-moth, at 5.0×; the closest call was round 4, Honeybee against Common Red Soldier Beetle, 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
Oriental Beetle (adult) vs Rose Chafer (adult)
Rose Chafer · reference · 1.85 cm Oriental Beetle · true length · 8.1 mm 2.3× shorter than the rose chafer
Oriental Beetle: 8.1 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 8.1 mm within the published adult range 7-11 mm. Head to elytra tip; antennae and legs excluded.
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ROUND 2
White-tailed Bumblebee (large adult) vs Convolvulus Hawk-moth (adult)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth · reference · 10 cm White-tailed Bumblebee · true length · 2 cm 5.0× shorter than the convolvulus hawk-moth
White-tailed Bumblebee: 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
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (large adult) vs Common House Mosquito (adult)
Common House Mosquito · reference · 5 mm Buff-tailed Bumblebee · true length · 2.1 cm 4.2× longer than the common house mosquito
Buff-tailed Bumblebee: 21 mm body length for the selected large adult. Selected 21 mm within published 20–22 mm range. Head to abdomen tip; wings, legs and antennae excluded.
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ROUND 4
Honeybee (adult) vs Common Red Soldier Beetle (adult)
Common Red Soldier Beetle · reference · 1 cm Honeybee · true length · 1.2 cm 1.2× longer than the common red soldier beetle
Honeybee: 12 mm body length for the selected adult. Published length 12 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae and legs excluded.
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ROUND 5
Tree Bumblebee (adult) vs Common Wasp (large adult)
Common Wasp · reference · 2 cm Tree Bumblebee · true length · 1.3 cm 1.5× shorter than the common wasp
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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