Krillion Recorded answers
41,246 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 41,246
- African Pied WagtailDeep Cut85points
- African pikeDeep Cut85points
- African pike-characinDeep Cut85points
- African pinstripe mantisDeep Cut85points
- African PipitDeep Cut85points
- African PittaDeep Cut85points
- African pottoDeep Cut85points
- African Pygmy GooseDeep Cut85points
- African Pygmy KingfisherDeep Cut85points
- African Quail-FinchDeep Cut85points
- African RailDeep Cut85points
- African Red ToadDeep Cut85points
- African Red-eyed BulbulDeep Cut85points
- African Red-rumped SwallowDeep Cut85points
- African red-sided skinkDeep Cut85points
- African redfinned barbDeep Cut85points
- African Reed WarblerDeep Cut85points
- African River MartinDeep Cut85points
- African Rock GeckoDeep Cut85points
- African Rock PipitDeep Cut85points
- African Sacred IbisDeep Cut85points
- African Scops OwlDeep Cut85points
- African scraping feederDeep Cut85points
- African Sheath-tailed BatDeep Cut85points
- African Shrike-flycatcherDeep Cut85points
- African SilverbillDeep Cut85points
- African Smoky MouseDeep Cut85points
- African SnipeDeep Cut85points
- African Social SpiderDeep Cut85points
- African Social Velvet SpiderDeep Cut85points
- African SpoonbillDeep Cut85points
- African Spotted CreeperDeep Cut85points
- African Stegodyphus Velvet SpiderDeep Cut85points
- African stick mantisDeep Cut85points
- African stink antDeep Cut85points
- African StonechatDeep Cut85points
- African Striped FrogDeep Cut85points
- African Striped MabuyaDeep Cut85points
- African Striped WeaselDeep Cut85points
- African Swamp FrogDeep Cut85points
- African SwamphenDeep Cut85points
- African tetrasDeep Cut85points
- African Thick-toed GeckoDeep Cut85points
- African thief antDeep Cut85points
- African ThrushDeep Cut85points
- African toadDeep Cut85points
- African Tree ToadDeep Cut85points
- African TreefrogDeep Cut85points
- African Triangleweb SpiderDeep Cut85points
- African Trident 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.