Krillion Recorded answers
41,264 recorded answers
How to approach it
Build a candidate list in three passes. First, sweep the groups you already know and write down every species you can defend with a real dietary record. Second, push into the specialized literature — natural history notes, diet studies, museum species accounts — where the feeding habits of overlooked organisms are described in detail. Third, test each name against the wording of the question: is the insect feeding regular and documented, or merely possible? Keep the entries that survive, then choose the one you can defend most precisely at species level, because a specific, verifiable organism reads better than a broad label and stands out from the crowd of obvious submissions.
Get a hint
Begin with the whole animal kingdom rather than a shortlist of famous predators, and let dietary evidence — stomach contents, field notes, species accounts — decide which names deserve a place.
A little more
Then look for narrow specialization: creatures whose anatomy, activity cycle or hunting behaviour is built around capturing small prey, so the habit repeats across seasons instead of surfacing once.
One step further
Finish by sharpening the name to species level and checking that a published account confirms the diet, since a precise, verifiable entry is what lifts a response above the obvious crowd.
Reveal answers 41,264
- Buff-faced ScrubwrenDeep Cut85points
- Buff-footed AntechinusDeep Cut85points
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleanerDeep Cut85points
- Buff-fronted OwlDeep Cut85points
- Buff-fronted Quail-DoveDeep Cut85points
- Buff-headed CoucalDeep Cut85points
- Buff-necked IbisDeep Cut85points
- Buff-necked WoodpeckerDeep Cut85points
- Buff-rumped ThornbillDeep Cut85points
- Buff-rumped WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Buff-rumped WoodpeckerDeep Cut85points
- Buff-shouldered WidowbirdDeep Cut85points
- Buff-sided RobinDeep Cut85points
- Buff-snouted Blind SnakeDeep Cut85points
- Buff-spotted Brush-furred RatDeep Cut85points
- Buff-spotted FlamebackDeep Cut85points
- Buff-spotted FlufftailDeep Cut85points
- Buff-spotted WoodpeckerDeep Cut85points
- Buff-streaked ChatDeep Cut85points
- Buff-striped CtenotusDeep Cut85points
- Buff-tailed CoronetDeep Cut85points
- Buff-tailed Finesnout CtenotusDeep Cut85points
- Buff-tailed SicklebillDeep Cut85points
- Buff-thighed PufflegDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated ApalisDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated PurpletuftDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated SaltatorDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated SunbirdDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated Tody-TyrantDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated Warbling FinchDeep Cut85points
- Buff-throated WoodcreeperDeep Cut85points
- Buff-vented BulbulDeep Cut85points
- Buff-winged CinclodesDeep Cut85points
- Buff-winged StarfrontletDeep Cut85points
- Buffalo darterDeep Cut85points
- BuffleheadDeep Cut85points
- Buffon's river-garfishDeep Cut85points
- Buffoon Striped Grass MouseDeep Cut85points
- Buffy Broad-nosed BatDeep Cut85points
- Buffy Fish-OwlDeep Cut85points
- Buffy Flower BatDeep Cut85points
- Buffy HelmetcrestDeep Cut85points
- Buffy HummingbirdDeep Cut85points
- Buffy LaughingthrushDeep Cut85points
- Buffy PipitDeep Cut85points
- Buffy Tit-spinetailDeep Cut85points
- Buffy TuftedcheekDeep Cut85points
- Buffy-crowned Wood-PartridgeDeep Cut85points
- Buffy-fronted SeedeaterDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
The scoring split is unusually lopsided. Of the 41,182 answers that cleared the top band, 40,754 earned 85 points, which means the puzzle treated almost every well-documented animal as equally valid — the reward came from finding something real, not from picking a household name. Rarity on its own bought nothing. The single 100-point entry, Bolas spider, shows what did pay: a specialist whose entire hunting method is built around insect prey, so the dietary claim is not merely true but vivid and specific. Names such as 15-spotted Money Spider, Abakapa Rain Frog or Abbott's Babbler sat in the 85-point group alongside thousands of others, well documented but not startling. The 427 answers at 60 points mark the lower edge of the top band, a reminder that a correct but predictable entry still trails the specialist tier. Practical reading: a precise species with a documented habit beats a broad, obvious label every time.