Hen spotted crawler? (8)
I believe the answer is:
ladybird
This might be a double definition.
'hen' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'spotted crawler?' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ladybird that I've seen before include "that's spotted in gardens" , "Common insect" , "spotted one that flies" , "Red spotted beetle" , "imprint" .)