Name an animal that eats bugs (documented regular part of diet)

November 9, 2026 · Daily Dive #117

Explore 41,264 recorded answers and their points for question 5 on November 9, 2026.

Dated record7 questions · 87,245 recorded answers

41,264 recorded names on November 9, 2026, 40,772 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Work outward from the obvious hunters to the surprising ones: plenty of species in groups you would not expect turn out to take insect prey as a routine, well-documented part of their diet. The insect feeding has to be a regular, documented part of the animal's natural diet — not an incidental stomach find, a captive-only observation or a single anecdote.

41,264 recorded answers40,772 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut40,77185 pts
  • Rare42860 pts
  • Schooler5830 pts
  • Plankton610 pts
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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
  • Spotted Snout-burrowerDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted spined loachDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Spiny Reed FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted SpreadwingDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Star-web SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted steedDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Sticky FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Stinky Torrent FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Stone-nest SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Stream FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted suckerDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Sun TegusDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted sunfishDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted TanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Thick-kneeDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Thick-toed GeckoDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted thicklip loachDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Thrush-BabblerDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Thyene Jumping SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted tilapiaDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted ToadDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Toad-headed AgamaDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Toadhead AgamaDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Tody-FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Tolucan EarthsnakeDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Toothed ToadDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Torrent HawkDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted TowheeDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Tree MonitorDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Tree Sheetweb SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted TreecreeperDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted TurtleDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Veld AntlionDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Whistling-DuckDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted White Running SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Wolf SpiderDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Wood KingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Wood-OwlDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Wood-QuailDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted WoodcreeperDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted WrenDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted Wren-babblerDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted-belly Puddle FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted-legged TurtleDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted-neck Rock GeckoDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted-neck Snake-eyed SkinkDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted-necked CtenotusDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted-necked OtterDeep Cut85points
  • Spotted-snout frogDeep 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.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 9 Nov, 11:20 UTC

Names and scores reflect the linked dated reveal. The original game makes the final decision on live acceptance. Editorial policy