| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LOCUSTS | Destructive insects | |
| PESTS | Destructive insects | |
| BLIGHT | A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects. | |
| MUSCARDINE | A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (... | |
| DERMESTES | A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs... | |
| CATERPILLAR | ...it, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cott... | |