| STAGNANT | Female mosquitoes tend to lay their eggs in ___ water, even very shallow puddles are suitable |
| SUMMER | Skinks lay their eggs in ___ and mid autumn |
| CUCKOOS | Birds known to lay their eggs in the nests of other birds (7) |
| HOT | In ___ water: in trouble? |
| BLOOD | Both male and female mosquitoes feed off nectar from plants but only females need ___ |
| NESTINGBOX | A container giving birds a comfortable place to lay their eggs (7,3) |
| HENCE | Consequently, tends to lay against Clare (5) |
| ONE | "Don't put all your eggs in ___ basket" |
| POLICESTATIONS | Where did the climate activists go to lay their complaint in the hope the state would press charges? (6, 8) |
| COWBIRDS | Birds of the genus Molothrus, which lay their eggs in other birds' nests (8) |
| MASONBEES | Solitary flying insects that lay their eggs in cavities (5,4) |
| NESTS | Sticklebacks lay their eggs in them (5) |
| MOTMOT | This bird is any of about 10 species of long-tailed forest birds of the family Momotidae (order Coraciiformes) of Central and South America. They lay their eggs in a chamber at the end of a burrow dug |
| LAYING | When ___ eggs some species will lay their eggs on the ground next to a plant source while others will bore a hole into the plant and lay eggs inside. |
| DEN | Home for a frog, or where some female salamanders lay their eggs |
| LARVAE | Houseflies will lay their eggs on faeces, rotting carcasses or decaying fruit so that when the ___ hatch they have something to feed on |
| NEST | Structure in which birds lay their eggs (4) |
| BEACH | Geological landform on which sea turtles lay their eggs |
| MOUNDBUILDERS | Informally, megapodes, Australasian birds which incubate their eggs in piles of decaying vegetation |
| CZAREVITCH | Issue of emperor's mania, exchanging letters that are even very long |
