| CATERPILLARS | Larvae of butterflies (12) |
| APPREHENSION | The catching of butterflies |
| MAGGOTS | Legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larvae of any of various flies (7) |
| INCHWORMS | Larvae of the geometer moth |
| GRUBS | Larvae of insects; caterpillars or maggots (5) |
| TADPOLES | The aquatic larvae of frogs, toads, etc (8) |
| GLOWWORMS | Larvae of fireflies (4-5) |
| FLUTTER | A polysemous word for a modest wager or bet; a heartbeat; a flap of a wing; a bat of one's eyelashes; a sensation or stir; a group of butterflies or flags; or, a fairy formation (7) |
| COCOON | Name the silky envelope that is spun by the larvae of many insects (6) |
| 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) |
| COCOONS | Silky cases spun by the larvae of many insects as protection (7) |
| OAKAPPLE | Tree gall caused by the larvae of a wasp (3,5) |
| MOTHS | The larvae of what can damage stored clothes? (5) |
| OAKAPPLES | Growths on trees, caused by the larvae of gall wasps (3,6) |
| BEETLE | Watch out for the grey larvae of rosemary ___ (6) |
| COMMAS | Type of butterflies? Take a couple of breaths in the passage! (6) |
| SULPHUR | Subfamily of butterflies of North America with predominantly yellow wings such as the Cloudless ___ (7) |
| RAINBOW | Arc-en-ciel or similar spectrum of colours; or, another word for a cloud or kaleidoscope of butterflies (7) |
| RABBLE | A large flutter of butterflies; a confused stream of words; a mob; or, the so-called great unwashed, hoi polloi or populace, collectively (6) |
