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
- Short Shield SheetweaverDeep Cut85points
- Short Thorax CrayfishDeep Cut85points
- Short Worm LizardDeep Cut85points
- Short-beaked EchidnaDeep Cut85points
- Short-bearded AnoleDeep Cut85points
- Short-bearded MelidectesDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed CanasteroDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed DowitcherDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed GullDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed HoneycreeperDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed LeaftosserDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed MinerDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed MinivetDeep Cut85points
- Short-billed PipitDeep Cut85points
- Short-bodied Cellar SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Short-bodied olive barbDeep Cut85points
- Short-clawed LarkDeep Cut85points
- Short-collared Soldier BeetleDeep Cut85points
- Short-crested Bay Island forest lizardDeep Cut85points
- Short-crested CoquetteDeep Cut85points
- Short-crested FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
- Short-crested MonarchDeep Cut85points
- Short-eared African DormouseDeep Cut85points
- Short-eared BatDeep Cut85points
- Short-eared OwlDeep Cut85points
- Short-eared Pygmy Rock MouseDeep Cut85points
- Short-faced MoleDeep Cut85points
- Short-faced Oldfield MouseDeep Cut85points
- Short-fingered Sticky FrogDeep Cut85points
- Short-finned eelDeep Cut85points
- Short-footed CtenotusDeep Cut85points
- Short-footed FrogDeep Cut85points
- Short-footed RainfrogDeep Cut85points
- Short-foramen Birch MouseDeep Cut85points
- Short-furred dasyureDeep Cut85points
- Short-haired mustache antDeep Cut85points
- Short-hand Forest GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Short-headed Broad-nosed BatDeep Cut85points
- Short-headed Puddle FrogDeep Cut85points
- Short-headed Roundleaf BatDeep Cut85points
- Short-horned PixieDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged Ground RollerDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged Horned ToadDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged JapalureDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged LamponaDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged Slender SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged Snake SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged Spiny Reed FrogDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged Streamside FrogDeep Cut85points
- Short-legged Tiger BeetleDeep 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.