New app starts to unravel early, developing bugs (5)
I believe the answer is:
pupae
'bugs' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'new app starts to unravel early' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'starts to' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'unravel early' is 'ue'.
'app'+'ue'='appue'
'appue' with letters rearranged gives 'PUPAE'.
'developing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pupae that I've seen before include "Insects in the inactive stage of development" , "Insects in the stage between larva and adult" , "Chrysalids" , "Chrysalises" , "Insects in form between larvae and adults" .)