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
- Spoonhead sculpinDeep Cut85points
- SpoonwingDeep Cut85points
- Sporades collared antDeep Cut85points
- Spot croakerDeep Cut85points
- Spot-backed AntbirdDeep Cut85points
- Spot-backed AntshrikeDeep Cut85points
- Spot-backed AntwrenDeep Cut85points
- Spot-bellied BobwhiteDeep Cut85points
- Spot-bellied Dink FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spot-billed Ground-TyrantDeep Cut85points
- Spot-billed ToucanetDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted AntvireoDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted HeleiaDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted IbisDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted LapwingDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted LaughingthrushDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted OrioleDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted ParrotbillDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted QuailDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted Scimitar-BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted ThornbirdDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted WoodpeckerDeep Cut85points
- Spot-breasted WrenDeep Cut85points
- Spot-crowned AntvireoDeep Cut85points
- Spot-crowned BarbetDeep Cut85points
- Spot-crowned EuphoniaDeep Cut85points
- Spot-crowned WoodcreeperDeep Cut85points
- Spot-flanked BarbetDeep Cut85points
- Spot-flanked GallinuleDeep Cut85points
- Spot-fronted DarnerDeep Cut85points
- Spot-fronted ShadowdamselDeep Cut85points
- Spot-fronted SwiftDeep Cut85points
- Spot-legged Bromeliad SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Spot-legged PixieDeep Cut85points
- Spot-legged Poison FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spot-legged Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spot-lipped Trilling FrogDeep Cut85points
- Spot-necked BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Spot-necked BulbulDeep Cut85points
- Spot-nosed MonkeyDeep Cut85points
- Spot-Shouldered False Garden LizardDeep Cut85points
- Spot-sided Rusty RobberDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed AntwrenDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed BanditDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed DasherDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed Lion FlyDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed NightjarDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed PixieDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed SparrowhawkDeep Cut85points
- Spot-tailed Warty NewtDeep 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.