ALL ANSWERS · INSECTS · DAILY No. 57 · OCTOBER 30, 2026
Size It Up Insects answer: October 30
The five Insects silhouettes for October 30, 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 57 ran from a booklouse (1 mm) to a privet hawk-moth (10.5 cm). The widest gap was round 2, Booklouse against Harlequin Ladybird, at 8.0×; the closest call was round 5, Blue-tailed Damselfly against German Cockroach, only 2.4× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Common Earwig (adult · pincers excluded) vs Common Blue Butterfly (adult)
Common Blue Butterfly · reference · 3.25 cm Common Earwig · true length · 1.3 cm 2.5× shorter than the common blue butterfly
Common Earwig: 13 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 13 mm within the published head/body range 10–15 mm. Head to abdomen tip; pincers, antennae and legs excluded.
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ROUND 2
Booklouse (adult) vs Harlequin Ladybird (adult)
Harlequin Ladybird · reference · 8 mm Booklouse · true length · 1 mm 8.0× shorter than the harlequin ladybird
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 3
Privet Hawk-moth (adult) vs Holly Blue (adult)
Holly Blue · reference · 3 cm Privet Hawk-moth · true wingspan · 10.5 cm 3.5× wider than the holly blue
Privet Hawk-moth: 105 mm wingspan for the selected adult. Selected 105 mm from the published 90–120 mm wingspan. This is the range midpoint, not a species-wide average. Furthest left to furthest right wingtip with wings spread; legs and antennae excluded.
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ROUND 4
Firebrat (adult) vs Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (male · horn included)
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle · reference · 5.5 cm Firebrat · true length · 1.15 cm 4.8× shorter than the Japanese rhinoceros beetle
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 5
Blue-tailed Damselfly (adult · body length) vs German Cockroach (adult)
German Cockroach · reference · 1.3 cm Blue-tailed Damselfly · true length · 3.1 cm 2.4× longer than the German cockroach
Blue-tailed Damselfly: 31 mm body length for the selected adult. Published adult body length 31 mm. Head to abdomen tip; wings and legs excluded.
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