Name an animal that eats bugs (documented regular part of diet) - Krillion Answers 2026-11-09

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

New Britain FriarbirdDeep Cut85points
New Britain GoshawkDeep Cut85points
New Britain RailDeep Cut85points
New Britain Water RatDeep Cut85points
New Caledonia Bumpy GeckoDeep Cut85points
New Caledonia Giant GeckoDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian CrowDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian CuckooshrikeDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian FriarbirdDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian GrassbirdDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian Long-eared BatDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian MyzomelaDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian NightjarDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian Owlet-nightjarDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian ParakeetDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian ThicketbirdDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian Wattled BatDeep Cut85points
New Caledonian WhistlerDeep Cut85points
New England BluetDeep Cut85points
New England crayfishDeep Cut85points
New England FlatwingDeep Cut85points
New Georgia CicadabirdDeep Cut85points
New Georgia Dwarf-KingfisherDeep Cut85points
New Granada CaecilianDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Amau FrogDeep Cut85points
New Guinea BabblerDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Big-eared BatDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Broad-eared Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
New Guinea BronzewingDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Bush FrogDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Cross FrogDeep Cut85points
New Guinea CuckooshrikeDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Flightless RailDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Forest DragonDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Free-tailed BatDeep Cut85points
New Guinea FriarbirdDeep Cut85points
New Guinea GliderDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Huntsman SpiderDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Land FrogDeep Cut85points
New Guinea MegapodeDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Pale Green TreefrogDeep Cut85points
New Guinea PipistrelleDeep Cut85points
New Guinea QuollDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Rust-orange TarantulaDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Scaly-toed GeckoDeep Cut85points
New Guinea ScrubfowlDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Sheath-tailed BatDeep Cut85points
New Guinea shield mantisDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Slender RatDeep Cut85points
New Guinea Snake-necked TurtleDeep 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.