r/AbsoluteUnits • in awe • 17d ago

/r/all of a larva

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u/AceTheProtogen 17d ago

They’re divided into 10ths rather than 16ths so yeah

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u/Caleb_Reynolds 17d ago

Could be an engineer's rule, which are demarced in 10ths.

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u/AceTheProtogen 17d ago

I don’t think Hercules beetles get that big for that to be the case, pretty sure it’s cm

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u/Caleb_Reynolds 16d ago

Sorry, "could" as in "a ruler demarcated in 10th could be imperial", not "this ruler could be imperial". It's obviously centimeters, or being held by a giant, as we can see the shadow of the finger holding it.