Name an animal that eats bugs (documented regular part of diet)

November 9, 2026 · Daily Dive #117

Explore 41,264 recorded answers and their points for question 5 on November 9, 2026.

Dated record7 questions · 87,245 recorded answers

41,264 recorded names on November 9, 2026, 40,772 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Work outward from the obvious hunters to the surprising ones: plenty of species in groups you would not expect turn out to take insect prey as a routine, well-documented part of their diet. The insect feeding has to be a regular, documented part of the animal's natural diet — not an incidental stomach find, a captive-only observation or a single anecdote.

41,264 recorded answers40,772 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut40,77185 pts
  • Rare42860 pts
  • Schooler5830 pts
  • Plankton610 pts
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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
  • Interior Digging FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Interior Least ClubtailDeep Cut85points
  • Interior Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate ClaspertailDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Creeping ScorpionDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate EgretDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Flying GeckoDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Lesser Grass MouseDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Long-fingered BatDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Musk TurtleDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Puddle FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate ScorpionDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate Slit-faced BatDeep Cut85points
  • Intermediate WhitetipDeep Cut85points
  • Interrupted spider waspDeep Cut85points
  • Interrupted ThreadtailDeep Cut85points
  • Intertidal Jumping SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Intertidal pseudoscorpionDeep Cut85points
  • Intertidal Red MiteDeep Cut85points
  • Intertidal SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Inthanon Horned ToadDeep Cut85points
  • Inthanon Stream ToadDeep Cut85points
  • Inti Andes FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Inti Poison FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Inti TanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Invisible RailDeep Cut85points
  • Invisible SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Inyanga JewelDeep Cut85points
  • Inyanga River FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Inyanga ToadDeep Cut85points
  • Inyo Mountains SalamanderDeep Cut85points
  • Inyo ShrewDeep Cut85points
  • Ionic cocktail antDeep Cut85points
  • Ionides' worm snakeDeep Cut85points
  • IoraDeep Cut85points
  • Iota RingtailDeep Cut85points
  • Iowa darterDeep Cut85points
  • Iowa Lady BeetleDeep Cut85points
  • Iphis MonarchDeep Cut85points
  • Iporanga White-lipped FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Ipuca Climbing RatDeep Cut85points
  • Iquitos GnatcatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Iquitos Humming FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Iran catDeep Cut85points
  • Irangi Puddle FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Iranian GobyDeep Cut85points
  • Iranian Ground JayDeep Cut85points
  • Iranian Keel-Scaled GeckoDeep Cut85points
  • Iranian scaleless tooth-carpDeep 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.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 9 Nov, 11:20 UTC

Names and scores reflect the linked dated reveal. The original game makes the final decision on live acceptance. Editorial policy