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
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- Large Rufous Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
- Large Scaled Forest LizardDeep Cut85points
- Large Scimitar-babblerDeep Cut85points
- Large ScrubwrenDeep Cut85points
- Large Seed Harvesting AntDeep Cut85points
- Large Short-tailed RatDeep Cut85points
- Large Shrew MoleDeep Cut85points
- Large Slit-faced BatDeep Cut85points
- Large Spiky Orb-web SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Large spotted grunterDeep Cut85points
- Large Spotted LadybirdDeep Cut85points
- Large Stick MantisDeep Cut85points
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- Large ToadletDeep Cut85points
- Large Toothed ToadDeep Cut85points
- Large Tree-FinchDeep Cut85points
- Large TreeshrewDeep Cut85points
- Large Tubercled Bent-toed GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Large velvet antDeep Cut85points
- Large White-faced DarterDeep Cut85points
- Large White-lipped FrogDeep Cut85points
- Large White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Large WiretailDeep Cut85points
- Large WoodshrikeDeep Cut85points
- Large WoodskimmerDeep Cut85points
- Large Wren-BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed AntwrenDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed CrowDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed GerygoneDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed LarkDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed Leaf WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed Reed WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed ScrubwrenDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed Seed-FinchDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed SparrowDeep Cut85points
- Large-billed TernDeep Cut85points
- Large-clawed shrewDeep Cut85points
- Large-crested ToadDeep Cut85points
- Large-disced Litter-skinkDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared Field MouseDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared Giant Mastiff BatDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared Gray ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared ground skinkDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared Oldfield MouseDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared Pied BatDeep Cut85points
- Large-eared Roundleaf BatDeep 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.