| NYMPHS | Immature dragonflies, nereides and oreads (6) |
| MARE | Per ____ delphini et Nereides et Thetis natant |
| NAIADS | Aquatic nymphs of dragonflies and related insects (6) |
| WHYNYMPHSCRY | What makes oreads sad? |
| TARN | Swim spot for oreads |
| NYMPH | Mythological nature spirit such as a dryad, naiad, oread or undine; or, an immature form of an insect having incomplete metamorphosis (5) |
| ECHO | Oread said to be a personification of a Greek word for "sound" and whose name is given to the phenomenon of the reflection of sound waves (4) |
| ADORE | Cherish the playful oread (5) |
| BEEEATERS | These European birds eat about 200 bees a day. (Hence their name.) Their summer diet is mainly bumblebees, and in winter they eat honeybees and dragonflies. The bird rubs the insect against the branch |
| MARSH | Paludal habitat whose water-loving flora and fauna includes dragonflies, flag irises, fritillaries, glasswort, harriers, kingcups, mallow, orchids, reeds, rushes, sedges and violets (5) |
| ODONATA | Order of insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (7) |
| PONDS | Breeding spots for mayflies and dragonflies |
| INSECTS | Dragonflies and fireflies, e.g. |
| HOBBY | Falcon noted for its ability to catch dragonflies and birds on the wing (5) |
| POND | Freshwater habitat often with wildlife including frogs, toads, newts, water boatmen and dragonflies (4) |
| FOOD | Mosquitoes are a reliable source of ___for thousands of animals, including birds, bats, dragonflies, and frogs |
| PADS | Heart-shaped floating leaves of aquatic lilies often serving as islands or resting places for dragonflies, frogs and other fauna; or, notebooks (4) |
| ODONATES | Entomological term for chasers, demoiselles, darners, darters, emeralds, emperors, skimmers and all other damsel/dragonflies (8) |
| DARTERS | Dragonflies that starred at camouflage (7) |
| DEVILSDARNINGNEEDLES | A popular name for dragonflies |
