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
- Rusty spider waspDeep Cut85points
- Rusty ThicketbirdDeep Cut85points
- Rusty TinamouDeep Cut85points
- Rusty ToadDeep Cut85points
- Rusty Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Rusty WhistlerDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-backed AntwrenDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-backed MonjitaDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-backed SpinetailDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-barred OwlDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-bellied BrushfinchDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-bellied ShortwingDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-belted TapaculoDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-breasted AntpittaDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-breasted CuckooDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-breasted NunletDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-breasted TitDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-breasted WheatearDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-breasted WhistlerDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-breasted Wren-BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-browed Warbling FinchDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-capped FulvettaDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-capped KingfisherDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-collared SeedeaterDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-crowned BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-crowned Ground-SparrowDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-crowned Tit-SpinetailDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-flanked CrakeDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-flanked Jungle FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-flanked Robin-chatDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-flanked TreecreeperDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-fronted BarwingDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-fronted CanasteroDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-fronted Tody-FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-headed SpinetailDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-margined GuanDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-naped PittaDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-necked PiculetDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-rumped WhiptailDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-shouldered CtenotusDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-spotted CatDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-spotted GenetDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-tailed FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-throated ParrotbillDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-tinged AntpittaDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-tipped KnifetailDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-tipped protoDeep Cut85points
- Rusty-topped DelmaDeep 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.