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
- Spangled darterDeep Cut85points
- Spangled diving beetleDeep Cut85points
- Spangled DrongoDeep Cut85points
- Spangled KookaburraDeep Cut85points
- Spangled perchDeep Cut85points
- Spangled Shadow-emeraldDeep Cut85points
- Spangled SkimmerDeep Cut85points
- Spangled snake-eyed skinkDeep Cut85points
- Spanish Cylindrical SkinkDeep Cut85points
- Spanish Keeled LizardDeep Cut85points
- Spanish Painted FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spanish PsammodromusDeep Cut85points
- Spanish SparrowDeep Cut85points
- Spanish toothcarpDeep Cut85points
- Spanish wolf spiderDeep Cut85points
- Spanner barbDeep Cut85points
- Sparano coryDeep Cut85points
- SparklemuffinDeep Cut85points
- SparklewingsDeep Cut85points
- Sparkling Black Jumping SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Sparkling gouramiDeep Cut85points
- Sparkling JewelDeep Cut85points
- Sparkling JewelwingDeep Cut85points
- Sparkling VioletearDeep Cut85points
- Sparkling-tailed WoodstarDeep Cut85points
- Sparse-scaled Forest LizardDeep Cut85points
- Spatterdock DarnerDeep Cut85points
- Spatulate Robber FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spatz's Reed FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spear SpriteDeep Cut85points
- Spear-nosed batDeep Cut85points
- Spear-tail DuskhawkerDeep Cut85points
- Spearhead BluetDeep Cut85points
- Spearpoint leaf-tail geckoDeep Cut85points
- Speckle Flower AssassinDeep Cut85points
- Speckle RainspiderDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-bellied Metacarpal-tubercled ToadDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-breasted AntpittaDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-breasted WrenDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-chested PiculetDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-faced Bent-toed GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-fronted WeaverDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-lipped MabuyaDeep Cut85points
- Speckle-throated WoodpeckerDeep Cut85points
- Speckled AnoleDeep Cut85points
- Speckled AntshrikeDeep Cut85points
- Speckled BoobookDeep Cut85points
- Speckled Burrowing CrayfishDeep Cut85points
- Speckled chubDeep 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.