Baby bug

The answer

LARVA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LARVA answer page.

Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• NIT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LARVA

Every other clue in this collection answered by LARVA, most used first.

• Insect stage - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Caterpillar, for one - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Immature insect - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Caterpillar, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Grub - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Tadpole, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Caterpillar or grub - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Stage between egg and pupa - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Grub, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cocoon contents - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Cocoon creator - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cocoon dweller - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Metamorphosis stage - used 7 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• "___ la vista, baby!" - HASTA, used 80 times
• Baby bird? - STORK, used 58 times
• Bug - ANNOY, used 50 times
• Baby kangaroos - JOEYS, used 35 times
• Baby hooter - OWLET, used 31 times
• Had a bug - AILED, used 29 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.