Nine cats and an insect, for instance? (8)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

&Lit: NINE CATS is a anagram of AN INSECT . [Edit. And also of INSTANCE .  Thanks Nidoking @ comment #4 ] The clue with the best PDM in the puzzle, even though I have seen similar clues they are extremely difficult to solve.