Mature insect
The crossword clue "Mature insect" is answered by IMAGO, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IMAGO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IMAGO answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IMAGO
Every other clue in this collection answered by IMAGO, most used first.
- Adult insect - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Insect stage - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Grown-up bug - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Insect's adult stage - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Insect's final stage - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Mature - RIPEN, used 99 times
- Insect stage - LARVA, used 56 times
- More mature - OLDER, used 54 times
- Mature - ADULT, used 52 times
- More mature - RIPER, used 47 times
- Mature, as fruit - RIPEN, used 24 times
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