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
- Desert long-legged antDeep Cut85points
- Desert mantisDeep Cut85points
- Desert MarauderDeep Cut85points
- Desert mogurndaDeep Cut85points
- Desert MonitorDeep Cut85points
- Desert MouseDeep Cut85points
- Desert Night LizardDeep Cut85points
- Desert OwlDeep Cut85points
- Desert pebble mantisDeep Cut85points
- Desert PipistrelleDeep Cut85points
- Desert Plain SliderDeep Cut85points
- Desert Plated LizardDeep Cut85points
- Desert Pocket MouseDeep Cut85points
- Desert pupfishDeep Cut85points
- Desert Pygmy MouseDeep Cut85points
- Desert RaiderDeep Cut85points
- Desert Rain FrogDeep Cut85points
- Desert Rainbow-skinkDeep Cut85points
- Desert RecluseDeep Cut85points
- Desert Red BatDeep Cut85points
- Desert Red Jumping SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Desert Round-headed SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Desert runner antDeep Cut85points
- Desert ShadowdamselDeep Cut85points
- Desert ShorehunterDeep Cut85points
- Desert Short-horned LizardDeep Cut85points
- Desert SkimmerDeep Cut85points
- Desert SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Desert Slender SalamanderDeep Cut85points
- Desert Solitare Trapdoor SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Desert Spadefoot FrogDeep Cut85points
- Desert SparrowDeep Cut85points
- Desert Spiny LizardDeep Cut85points
- Desert Spotted SkunkDeep Cut85points
- Desert suckerDeep Cut85points
- Desert TarantulaDeep Cut85points
- Desert trap-jaw antDeep Cut85points
- Desert Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Desert Trilling FrogDeep Cut85points
- Desert Wall GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Desert WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Desert WheatearDeep Cut85points
- Desert White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Desert WhitetailDeep Cut85points
- Desert Wolf SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Desert Wood GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Desert Yellow Lesser House BatDeep Cut85points
- Deserta Grande Wolf SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Desertshrub SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Desid spiderDeep 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.