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-tailed StarlingDeep Cut85points
- Short-tailed Striped GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Short-tailed SwiftDeep Cut85points
- Short-tailed WhipscorpionsDeep Cut85points
- Short-tailed White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Short-tailed WoodstarDeep Cut85points
- Short-tipped BluestreakDeep Cut85points
- Short-toed CoucalDeep Cut85points
- Short-toed Rock ThrushDeep Cut85points
- Short-toed TreecreeperDeep Cut85points
- Short-webbed FrogDeep Cut85points
- Short-winged CisticolaDeep Cut85points
- Short-winged Dwarf MantisDeep Cut85points
- Short-winged Free-tailed BatDeep Cut85points
- Short-winged MarauderDeep Cut85points
- Short-winged NabisDeep Cut85points
- Short-winged ShadowdamselDeep Cut85points
- Shorter Red CentipedeDeep Cut85points
- Shortfin barbDeep Cut85points
- Shortfin bichirDeep Cut85points
- Shortfin pompanoDeep Cut85points
- Shortfin tandanDeep Cut85points
- Shortfinger CrayfishDeep Cut85points
- Shorthead AnadiaDeep Cut85points
- Shorthead barbDeep Cut85points
- Shorthead Lance SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Shorthead redhorseDeep Cut85points
- Shorthead sculpinDeep Cut85points
- Shorthorn KitespiderDeep Cut85points
- Shortjaw ciscoDeep Cut85points
- Shortjaw kokopuDeep Cut85points
- Shortland Island Webbed FrogDeep Cut85points
- Shortnose AnoleDeep Cut85points
- Shortnose garDeep Cut85points
- Shortnose SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Shortnose sturgeonDeep Cut85points
- Shortridge's free-tailed batDeep Cut85points
- Shortridge's Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
- Shortridge's Long-fingered BatDeep Cut85points
- Shortridge's MouseDeep Cut85points
- Shortridge's Multimammate MouseDeep Cut85points
- Shortridge's Pygmy Rock MouseDeep Cut85points
- Shortsnout Water FrogDeep Cut85points
- Shortspine suckermouthDeep Cut85points
- Shorttail chubDeep Cut85points
- Shorttail ScorpionDeep Cut85points
- Shorttail Singlelineweb SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Shortwing SoldierbeetlesDeep Cut85points
- ShortwingsDeep Cut85points
- Shoshone Cave HarvestmanDeep 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.