| MOTHS | Feeding on night-scented blooms including honeysuckle and jasmine, insects such as the Brindled Beauties, Peach Blossoms, True Lover's Knots and Yellow Belles (5) |
| TEAROSES | Scented blooms |
| MOTH | Nocturnal insect feeding on nightscented flowers including honeysuckle, jasmine and evening primrose (4) |
| DAHLIA | Related to chrysanthemum and daisy, a plant with large showy blooms including pink pompoms (6) |
| STOCK | Clove-scented bloom sometimes called a gillyflower; or, a four-fold necktie for dressage or hunting, traditionally white, cream or check (5) |
| LILAC | In jail I lack scented bloom (5) |
| ROSE | Scented bloom |
| MAGGOTS | The soft, limbless larvae of insects such as the housefly and blowfly (7) |
| NYMPH | Insects, such as the dragonfly and mayfly; developing into the adult without a pupal stage (5) |
| MAGGOT | The soft limbless larva of insects such as the housefly and blowfly (6) |
| DORMOUSE | From the Anglo-Norman for "sleepy one", a somnolent squirrel-like rodent nesting in woven bark and honeysuckle and feeding on berries, nuts and the blossoms of hawthorn, oak, sycamore and willow (8) |
| BEE | Insect such as the Mason ___ or Carpenter ___ (3) |
| ASSASSINBUG | Long-legged bloodsucking insect such as the Orange ___ (8,3) |
| BEETLE | Insect such as the scarab |
| COCOON | Silky case spun by the larvae of insects such as caterpillars for protection during their pupa stage (6) |
| APHIDS | What are plant-sucking insects such as greenflies or plant lice (6) |
| BUGS | Insects such as those likened to jewels or green shields; creepy-crawlies generally; microphones for eavesdropping; or, enthusiasts (4) |
| GNATS | Biting insects such as midges or sand flies (5) |
| PLAGUE | Swarm of pest insects, such as locusts (6) |
| WASPS | Insects such as hornets |
