| GLOWWORM | European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, the females and larvae of which bear luminescent organs |
| COCKCHAFERS | Large beetles (also known as maybugs), the larvae of which live underground and eat plant roots (including potatoes) (11) |
| DEER | A ruminant the male of which bear deciduous antlers |
| GLOWINGLY | How Lampyris noctiluca shines, with great enthusiasm! |
| MILLIPEDE | An arthropod with a cylindrical body made up of many segments, each of which bears two pairs of walking legs (9) |
| CAMEO | Semiprecious stone comprising two layers of different colours, the upper of which bears a figure carved in relief (5) |
| SHEAF | Between the female and the fellow, put a bundle (5) |
| MASHED | Crazy about the female and reduced to pulp (6) |
| LIGHTNINGBUG | Noctiluca |
| NOCTURNALLUMINESCENTBEETLE | Noctiluca |
| FISH | A platypus eats a variety of small creatures, such as small ___, insects and larvae |
| ARMYANTS | Migratory insects whose workers form "bivouacs" to protect their queen and larvae |
| NEEDFULTHINGS | 16 down 9's seen upside down, swallowing heads of dinosaurs, frogs, unicorns and larvae on weird nig |
| RAFFLESIA | A genus of parasitic Indonesian plant which bear huge flowers smelling of carrion (9) |
| WORKER | Most of the bees in a hive are females and they are known as ___ bees |
| MAGGOTS | The soft, limbless larvae of insects such as the housefly and blowfly (7) |
| THORAX | The part of an insect's body between the head and abdomen, which bears the wings and legs (6) |
| LUPINES | Early summer plants which bear tall spikes of purplish/blue or pink flowers (7) |
| FIREFLY | A tropical American click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus with luminescent thoracic organs |
| TESSELLAE | Names of two females and male finally getting bit parts in a picture (9) |