ALL ANSWERS · INSECTS · DAILY No. 58 · OCTOBER 31, 2026
Size It Up Insects answer: October 31
The five Insects silhouettes for October 31, 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 58 ran from a western flower thrips (1.4 mm) to a puriri moth (15 cm). The widest gap was round 5, Head Louse against Small White Butterfly, at 22×; the closest call was round 4, Black Garden Ant against Western Flower Thrips, only 2.1× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Click Beetle (adult) vs Human Flea (adult)
Human Flea · reference · 1.95 mm Click Beetle · true length · 8.9 mm 4.6× longer than the human flea
Click Beetle: 8.9 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 8.9 mm within the published adult range 7.5-11 mm. Head to elytra tip; antennae and legs excluded.
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ROUND 2
Red Flour Beetle (adult) vs Heath Bumblebee (adult)
Heath Bumblebee · reference · 1.4 cm Red Flour Beetle · true length · 3.45 mm 4.1× shorter than the heath bumblebee
Red Flour Beetle: 3.45 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 3.45 mm within the published adult range 3-4 mm. Head to elytra tip; antennae and legs excluded.
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ROUND 3
European Praying Mantis (adult) vs Puriri Moth (adult female · open wings)
Puriri Moth · reference · 15 cm European Praying Mantis · true length · 6 cm 2.5× shorter than the puriri moth
European Praying Mantis: 60 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 60 mm within published adult range 50–65 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae and grasping legs excluded.
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ROUND 4
Black Garden Ant (worker) vs Western Flower Thrips (adult female)
Western Flower Thrips · reference · 1.4 mm Black Garden Ant · true length · 3 mm 2.1× longer than the western flower thrips
Black Garden Ant: 3 mm body length for the selected worker. Published worker length 3 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae and legs excluded. Side outline rotated to align the body.
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ROUND 5
Head Louse (adult) vs Small White Butterfly (adult · open wings)
Small White Butterfly · reference · 4.8 cm Head Louse · true length · 2.2 mm 22× shorter than the small white butterfly
Head Louse: 2.2 mm body length for the selected adult. Selected 2.2 mm within the published adult range 2-3 mm. Head to abdomen tip; antennae and legs excluded.
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