Krillion Recorded answers
41,246 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 41,246
- American Golden-PloverDeep Cut85points
- American Green Crab SpiderDeep Cut85points
- American Grey FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
- American Herring GullDeep Cut85points
- American Hog-nosed SkunkDeep Cut85points
- American hoverflyDeep Cut85points
- American KestrelDeep Cut85points
- American Lady BeetleDeep Cut85points
- American MartenDeep Cut85points
- American MinkDeep Cut85points
- American mite-eating antDeep Cut85points
- American Morio Bee FlyDeep Cut85points
- American Nursery Web SpiderDeep Cut85points
- American Potter WaspDeep Cut85points
- American Pygmy KingfisherDeep Cut85points
- American RedstartDeep Cut85points
- American Round Sand BeetleDeep Cut85points
- American RubyspotDeep Cut85points
- American Sand WaspDeep Cut85points
- American Scymnus Lady BeetleDeep Cut85points
- American shadDeep Cut85points
- American Shield MantisesDeep Cut85points
- American Shrew MoleDeep Cut85points
- American Six-eyed Sand SpiderDeep Cut85points
- American SpiketailsDeep Cut85points
- American Square-headed SnakefliesDeep Cut85points
- American Three-banded Lady BeetleDeep Cut85points
- American Three-toed WoodpeckerDeep Cut85points
- American Tree SparrowDeep Cut85points
- American Wall GeckoDeep Cut85points
- American Water ShrewDeep Cut85points
- American White IbisDeep Cut85points
- American WoodcockDeep Cut85points
- American Yellow WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Amethyst DancerDeep Cut85points
- Amethyst SunbirdDeep Cut85points
- Amethyst WoodstarDeep Cut85points
- Amethyst-throated MountaingemDeep Cut85points
- Amethyst-throated SunangelDeep Cut85points
- Amhara Rocket FrogDeep Cut85points
- Amiable Peacock SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Amiet's Long-fingered FrogDeep Cut85points
- Amiet's LyretailDeep Cut85points
- Amira's Dink FrogDeep Cut85points
- Amirkabir's bleakDeep Cut85points
- Amji's SalamanderDeep Cut85points
- Ammachi's Cascade FrogDeep Cut85points
- Ammersee saiblingDeep Cut85points
- AmmodileDeep Cut85points
- Amoman ChoerophryneDeep 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.