| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FRUIT FLY | Common insect | |
| HOUSEFLY | Common insect | |
| INSECTIVORA | A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats. | |
| ANT-LION | A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius. | |
| ARMY WORM | ... often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United ... | |
| GORDIUS | ... hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs. ... | |
| KATYDID | ...(Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wing... | |
| BOTFLY | ...and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots... | |