The answers to these are all butterflies and moths:
1 Flahy bird (7 letters) 2 captains the cricket team (7) 3 now we're going for a boat ride (5,4) 4 eaten the dog's and rear end (11) 5 Chelonian coat (13) 6 one for the opera lovers (5,9) 7 friary mill trash (anag. 5,10) 8 from the spirit world? (5,4) 9 fruity rubbish dump (6,3)