Small insect
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 7 crossword solutions for Small insect which appeared recently in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

We have deemed Small insect as a COMMON crossword clue as we have seen it included in several crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "BUG".

Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 14 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 9 Sep 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Friday, 21 Aug 2020
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Tuesday, 4 Feb 2020

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BUG
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

ANT
Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

4 letters

FLEA
Any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

GNAT
Any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

5 letters

MIDGE
Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

6 letters

EARWIG
Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

8 letters

FRUITFLY
Any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits