| TIGERMOTH | Flying insect in the family Arctiinae, with hairy caterpillars (5,4) |
| GNAT | Tiny flying insect in the Dipterid suborder Nematocera |
| ARCTIID | Moth of a family whose hairy caterpillars are known as woolly bears (7) |
| LOCKSMITH | Security person with hairy bits at the front of University Hospital (9) |
| FLEABITES | Marks left by a parasitic insect in the order Siphonaptera (4, 5) |
| ORANGUTAN | Groan about aunt with hairy redhead |
| FENUGREEK | Annual Mediterranean plant with hairy stems and white flowers (9) |
| ANT | Insect in the family Formicidae, typically living in a large colony (3) |
| TARANTULA | One with hairy legs |
| SHIELD | ___ bug, insect in the family Pentatomoidea, notable for its scutellum (6) |
| ALDERFLY | Insect in the family Sialidae, usually found near water (5,3) |
| ANTS | Insects in the family Formicidae, typically living in a large colony (4) |
| ROBBER | ___ flies, predatory insects in the family Asilidae (6) |
| HUNCHBACKFLIES | Small-headed parasitoid insects in the family Acroceridae (9-5) |
| ANTLIONS | Name applied to a group of about 2,000 species of insects in the family Myrmeleontidae |
| CHENILLE | Heavy, velvety corded fabric, literally "hairy caterpillar" in French (8) |
| MOTH | Cinnabar, emerald, scarlet tiger, hummingbird hawk, brindled beauty... insect in the order Lepidoptera with butterflies, depicted in some of Jan van Kessel the Elder's paintings (4) |
| WASP | The fairyfly (the smallest known insect in the world)Â is one |
| DEBAR | Leave out in the cold with hairy beard (5) |
| ALOOFLY | An insect in the toilet is viewed in detached manner (7) |
