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
- Spikey Peacock SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Spiky Field SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Spiky Tummy Tree Sheetweb SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Spillmann's TapaculoDeep Cut85points
- Spine-bellied DryadDeep Cut85points
- Spine-crowned ClubtailDeep Cut85points
- Spine-fingered Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spine-tailed EarwigDeep Cut85points
- Spine-tipped DancerDeep Cut85points
- Spine-tipped LeaftailDeep Cut85points
- Spine-waisted AntsDeep Cut85points
- Spinecheek gudgeonDeep Cut85points
- Spined Assassin BugDeep Cut85points
- Spined Dwarf MantisDeep Cut85points
- Spined FairytailDeep Cut85points
- Spined loachDeep Cut85points
- Spined MicrathenaDeep Cut85points
- Spined soldier bugDeep Cut85points
- Spinehead DragonDeep Cut85points
- Spineless Stream ToadDeep Cut85points
- Spinifex MulgaraDeep Cut85points
- Spinifex PigeonDeep Cut85points
- SpinifexbirdDeep Cut85points
- Spinola's Mason WaspDeep Cut85points
- Spinular Bush FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spinular Night FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spinulate ShadowdamselDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Ant MimicDeep Cut85points
- Spiny AriadnaDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Assassin BugDeep Cut85points
- Spiny BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Spiny bandicootDeep Cut85points
- Spiny bark mantisDeep Cut85points
- Spiny BaskettailDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Boki Mekot RatDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Bolas SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Spiny ColobosauraDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Crag LizardDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Curtain-web SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Spiny eelDeep Cut85points
- Spiny flower mantisDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Giant FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Grass MantisDeep Cut85points
- Spiny HorntailDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Knob-tailed GeckoDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Lava LizardDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Lazy ToadDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Leaf ChameleonDeep Cut85points
- Spiny MabuyaDeep Cut85points
- Spiny Mason WaspDeep 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.