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
- Blue-headed Quail-DoveDeep Cut85points
- Blue-headed SapphireDeep Cut85points
- Blue-headed Snouted Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Blue-headed SunbirdDeep Cut85points
- Blue-headed VireoDeep Cut85points
- Blue-headed Wood DoveDeep Cut85points
- Blue-Legged CentipedeDeep Cut85points
- Blue-legged MantellaDeep Cut85points
- Blue-legged ReedtailDeep Cut85points
- Blue-lipped forest anoleDeep Cut85points
- Blue-lipped Madagascar cichlidDeep Cut85points
- Blue-lipped YellowwingDeep Cut85points
- Blue-lored AntbirdDeep Cut85points
- Blue-mantled Crested FlycatcherDeep Cut85points
- Blue-mantled ThornbillDeep Cut85points
- Blue-masked LeafbirdDeep Cut85points
- Blue-moustached Bee-eaterDeep Cut85points
- Blue-naped ChlorophoniaDeep Cut85points
- Blue-naped PittaDeep Cut85points
- Blue-necked JacamarDeep Cut85points
- Blue-necked ReedtailDeep Cut85points
- Blue-necked TanagerDeep Cut85points
- Blue-nosed JewelDeep Cut85points
- Blue-nosed spriteDeep Cut85points
- Blue-ringed DancerDeep Cut85points
- Blue-rumped ManakinDeep Cut85points
- Blue-rumped PittaDeep Cut85points
- Blue-shouldered Cornuted ShadowdamselDeep Cut85points
- Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatDeep Cut85points
- Blue-sided SatinwingDeep Cut85points
- Blue-sided SpriteDeep Cut85points
- Blue-sided Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Blue-speckled Forest-skinkDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted Comet DarnerDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted Dusk-hawkerDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted EmperorDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted Fan AnoleDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted FlatwingDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted girdled lizardDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted Mexican Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted RainfrogDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted SalamanderDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted Sticky FrogDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted ToadDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted Tree FrogDeep Cut85points
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveDeep Cut85points
- Blue-streaked LoryDeep Cut85points
- Blue-striped SpreadwingDeep Cut85points
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterDeep Cut85points
- Blue-tailed EmeraldDeep 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.