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
- Blackburn DragonflyDeep Cut85points
- Blackburn's Hawaiian DamselflyDeep Cut85points
- Blackburnian WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Blackcap BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Blackcap IlladopsisDeep Cut85points
- Blackchin shinerDeep Cut85points
- Blackfin darterDeep Cut85points
- Blackfin pearlfishDeep Cut85points
- Blackfin silversideDeep Cut85points
- Blackfin suckerDeep Cut85points
- Blackfin tilapiaDeep Cut85points
- Blackfinned snakeheadDeep Cut85points
- Blackfinned toothcarpDeep Cut85points
- Blackhead Scorpion SpiderDeep Cut85points
- Blackish AntbirdDeep Cut85points
- Blackish Blind SnakeDeep Cut85points
- Blackish Butterfly BatDeep Cut85points
- Blackish Chat-TyrantDeep Cut85points
- Blackish ChoerophryneDeep Cut85points
- Blackish CinclodesDeep Cut85points
- Blackish CuckooshrikeDeep Cut85points
- Blackish DeermouseDeep Cut85points
- Blackish Grass MouseDeep Cut85points
- Blackish NightjarDeep Cut85points
- Blackish PeweeDeep Cut85points
- Blackish RailDeep Cut85points
- Blackish Shrew-opossumDeep Cut85points
- Blackish Small-eared ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Blackish TapaculoDeep Cut85points
- Blackish White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Blackish-blue SeedeaterDeep Cut85points
- Blackish-breasted BabblerDeep Cut85points
- Blackish-grey AntshrikeDeep Cut85points
- Blackish-headed SpinetailDeep Cut85points
- BlackjacketDeep Cut85points
- Blacklancer catfishDeep Cut85points
- Blackline penguinfishDeep Cut85points
- Blackline rasboraDeep Cut85points
- Blacklipped Eyebrow LizardDeep Cut85points
- Blacklipped pike cichlidDeep Cut85points
- BlackmastDeep Cut85points
- Blackmouth pyrrhulinaDeep Cut85points
- Blackmouth shinerDeep Cut85points
- Blacknose daceDeep Cut85points
- Blacknose shinerDeep Cut85points
- Blackpoll WarblerDeep Cut85points
- Blackring Lady BeetleDeep Cut85points
- BlackromanDeep Cut85points
- Blacksburg SalamanderDeep Cut85points
- Blackside daceDeep 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.