| ODONATA | Order of insects encompassing dragonflies and damselflies |
| NYMPHS | Named after mythological nature spirits inhabiting grottoes, rivers and woodlands, the immature forms of damselflies, demoiselles and dragonflies (6) |
| NAIADS | Aquatic nymphs of dragonflies and related insects (6) |
| FOOD | Mosquitoes are a reliable source of ___for thousands of animals, including birds, bats, dragonflies, and frogs |
| INSECTS | Dragonflies and fireflies, e.g. |
| HOBBY | Falcon noted for its ability to catch dragonflies and birds on the wing (5) |
| LEPIDOPTERA | Order of insects consisting mainly of butterflies and moths (11) |
| ORTHOPTERA | Members of a large order of insects which includes grasshoppers and locusts (10) |
| HYMENOPTERA | Order of insects that includes the ants, bees and wasps (11) |
| DIPTERA | Order of insects with one pair of wings |
| ISOPTERA | An order of insects having two pairs of wings (8) |
| COLEOPTERA | Order of insects that includes beetles and weevils (10) |
| ORTHOPTERAN | Order of insects including crickets and locusts |
| DIPTERAN | Any member of an order of insects with two wings, the so-called 'true flies' (8) |
| MANTIS | Order of insects renowned for their 'praying' stance (6) |
| PLECOPTERA | Order of insects also known as stoneflies |
| THYSANOPTERA | An order of insects that includes the thrips |
| ELF | Damselflies flying round the pixie (3) |
| NICEST | Most pleasant order of insect (6) |
| ANISOPTERA | Group of insects in the order Odonata that comprises the dragonflies (10) |
