| DEATHWATCH | & 12A Small insect whose larvae bore into wood (10, 6) |
| BEETLE | and 12ac, Small insect whose larvae bore into wood (10,6) |
| LEAFMINER | Any of various destructive insects whose larvae bore into and feed on foliage tissue, mostly moths and flies (4,5) |
| SAWYER | Beetle whose larvae bore into the wood of conifers |
| ICHNEUMONFLY | Any hymenopterous insect whose larvae are parasitic in caterpillars and other insect larvae (9,3) |
| MOTH | Insect whose larvae feed on wool and fabric (4) |
| MINER | Leaf ___, insect whose larvae live and feed within leaf tissue (5) |
| ANTLERMOTH | European insect whose larvae cause great damage to grasslands (6,4) |
| WARBLEFLY | Dipterous insect whose larvae are endoparasites of cattle, etc. (6,3) |
| CLOTHESMOTH | Insect whose larvae destroy textiles (7,4) |
| BEEMOTH | A nocturnal insect whose larvae feed on honeycomb (3,4) |
| STONEFLY | Insect whose larvae live under pebbles in streams |
| ANTLION | Insect whose larvae trap prey in sand hole (7) |
| GYPSYMOTH | Insect whose larvae destroy foliage |
| FLY | Insect whose larvae are maggots |
| MOTHS | Insects whose larvae feed on fabrics (5) |
| CABBAGEMOTHS | Brown insects whose larvae feed on brassica species |
| TIGERMOTHS | Insects whose larvae are "woolly bears" (5,5) |
| WEEVILS | Beetles of the family Curculionidae which bore into grain, fruit and nuts (7) |
| EARWIG | Insect that folklore says can bore into a sleeping person's brain |
