### Clue: Love collecting first of caterpillars in spring after climbing tree (8)
### Answer: SYCAMORE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: tree
 **Reversal of**(… after climbing, in a down clue) {[EROS(sexual love) **containing**(collecting) [**1st letter of**(first of) "caterpillars" **contained in**(in) MAY(the month considered the last one of the spring season)]}.