Crossword puzzle clue "spotted beetles"

LADYBUG, a small beetle, also LADYBIRD, LADYCOW, LADYFLY

a carrion-feeding carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, also HYAENA, HYEN

AUTO, to ride in an automobile

BORER, one that bores

CHAFER, any of several kinds of beetle, esp. of the Scarabeidae

a dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc.

DOR, to mock, scoff at, also DORR