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
- Lesser Egyptian GerbilDeep Cut85points
- Lesser ElaeniaDeep Cut85points
- Lesser EmperorDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Fat-tailed JerboaDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Flat LizardDeep Cut85points
- Lesser FloricanDeep Cut85points
- Lesser ForceptailsDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Forest ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Lesser galagoDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Ghost BatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Girdled DuskhawkerDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Goa Mustard TarantulaDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Golden-bellied Rice RatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser GoldfinchDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Granulated ToadDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Grass-FinchDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Gray-brown White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Green EmperorDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Green LeafbirdDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Green Lynx SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Lesser GreenletDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Grey ShrikeDeep Cut85points
- Lesser GrisonDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Ground-CuckooDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Ground-RobinDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Hairy-footed DunnartDeep Cut85points
- Lesser HoneyguideDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Hoopoe-LarkDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Horned OwlDeep Cut85points
- Lesser HorneroDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Iron-gray Dwarf LemurDeep Cut85points
- Lesser JacanaDeep Cut85points
- Lesser KestrelDeep Cut85points
- Lesser KiskadeeDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Large-clawed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Large-footed MyotisDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Large-headed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Long-eared BatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Long-fingered BatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Long-nosed BatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Long-tailed BatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Long-tailed Shrew TenrecDeep Cut85points
- Lesser LophorinaDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Margareta RatDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Martinique SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Masked WeaverDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Mealworm Egg ParasitoidDeep Cut85points
- Lesser MelampittaDeep Cut85points
- Lesser Mesquite HammertailDeep 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.