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Agree ChrisE, that "of caterpillar" fits "larval" better but i is the second letter of vial, so what indication is in the clue to remove it? Lair and vase seems to work in a way that lair and vial doesn't.

I tried checking if caterpillar could be used as a plural but I only found caterpillars .. Larval is good, except that i is not the third letter, so I opted for larvae, although that is plural. Could be a printing error as RT is known for them, or setter error

crossed in the post with AB :)

I think we are in agreement that there seems to be a problem with this clue.

I suppose larvae could be said to be the young "of caterpillar" ? Thin...

...........except they are the young "of butterfly"?......

As I said, thin.

so sorry! (blush of shame)
I made a typo it is caterpillars not caterpillar.

Therefore I am going with LARVAE

Thanks everyone and once again sorry :(

Doh! I've looked again, and it is indeed "caterpillars"! LARVAE it is, then.

Doh! I've looked again, and it is indeed "caterpillars"! LARVAE it is, then.