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
- Iranian Short-fingered GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Iranian stick mantisDeep Cut85points
- Iranian ToadDeep Cut85points
- Iranian White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Iranian Worm SnakeDeep Cut85points
- Iraq BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Iraqi Eyelid GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Iraqi keel-scaled geckoDeep Cut85points
- Irawaddy FrogDeep Cut85points
- Irene's Tree NephilaDeep Cut85points
- Irian Emo SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Irian Jaya Cross FrogDeep Cut85points
- Irian Jaya Fanged FrogDeep Cut85points
- Iridescent bark mantisDeep Cut85points
- Iridescent Cockroach-hunter WaspDeep Cut85points
- Iridescent FluttererDeep Cut85points
- Iridescent glassy perchletDeep Cut85points
- Iridescent Jumping SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Iridescent Torrent FrogDeep Cut85points
- Iringa AkalatDeep Cut85points
- Iriomote TitDeep Cut85points
- Iris mantisDeep Cut85points
- Irish pollanDeep Cut85points
- Irish robberflyDeep Cut85points
- Ironcolor shinerDeep Cut85points
- Irons Fork Burrowing CrayfishDeep Cut85points
- Irrawaddy BroadbillDeep Cut85points
- Irrawaddy SquirrelDeep Cut85points
- Irregular Bow-fingered GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Irumbofoie Callulops FrogDeep Cut85points
- Irwin's TurtleDeep Cut85points
- Isabela OrioleDeep Cut85points
- Isabelline Bush-henDeep Cut85points
- Isabelline Ghost BatDeep Cut85points
- Isabelline SerotineDeep Cut85points
- Isabelline ShrikeDeep Cut85points
- Isabelline WheatearDeep Cut85points
- Isaka-Ivondro Madagascar FrogDeep Cut85points
- Isalo SerotineDeep Cut85points
- Isan Big-headed FrogDeep Cut85points
- Isarog Forest FrogDeep Cut85points
- Isarog Shrew MouseDeep Cut85points
- Isarog Striped Shrew RatDeep Cut85points
- Isbrücker's HypopygusDeep Cut85points
- Ishigakijima Wart FrogDeep Cut85points
- Ishikawa's FrogDeep Cut85points
- Ishizuchi SalamanderDeep Cut85points
- Işıklı gudgeonDeep Cut85points
- Isla Beata AnoleDeep Cut85points
- Isla Bonita Tree FrogDeep 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.