**WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!**
The winners are:
J. Murray (winner of Flower Mold)
Avanika K. (winner of Bug Mold)
Congratulations! 
I know you love competitions and I love holding them. I also know plenty of you are keen bakers and mums so what better competition to hold but one giving away these fabulous Silicon moulds from Tree Party Designs. I have a love of multipurpose items and these silicon moulds are especially good as they can be used for cakes, jelly moulds, marshmallows, fruit ices or making plaster casts to paint with your kids.
The Bug cake mould has four favourite insects, a ladybird, a bee, a dragonfly and a butterfly and the flower mould produces sweet flowers and hearts!
Thanks to the lovely people at Tree Party Designs, we are giving away one Tree Party Bug Mould and one Tree Party Blossom mould to two lucky Not Quite Nigella readers!
All you need to do is tell me your favourite kind of bug (there are thousands of them) and why! Add your entry via a comment to this story. You can enter once daily as long as your answer is different.
And good news for NQN readers – the competition is open to worldwide readers too!
The competition ends midnight AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on the 16th of August, 2009.
Good Luck to everyone!
Love,
Lorraine
xxx
And yes you read right. For all of you that eagerly traipsed to the Adriano Zumbo store after the screening of the Masterchef Chocolate Mousse Cake episode wanting a slice, here is your chance to try his famous Masterchef creations. At his Cafe Chocolat, there will be an auction of 1 croquembouche, 1 pannacotta and 1 chocolate mousse cake (cut into 8 slices).
When: Saturday the 18th of July, 4.15pm for a 4.30pm start
Where: Zumbo Cafe Chocolat, Shop 5, 308 Darling Street, Balmain
The proceeds will be going to the Childrens Hospital at Westmead, a very worthy cause!
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One of my favourite bugs is a dragonfly because they are very prevalent in Art Nouveau period jewellery pieces and I adore Art Nouveau jewellery or at least A/N inspired pieces.
Oh Lorraine…I love all bugs. My first bug of love is the ladybird. The colours, the beauty, the childhood stories behind these beauties…I ♥ them!More tomorrow…& thanks for this great giveaway!!♥♥♥
I love ladybugs. They’re so colour coordinated!
These are so cute! For a favorite bug, I have to pick the ladybug because she eats aphids.
YAY, I get to play. I like pretty much all bugs, but if I had to pick just one I would say the humble bumblebee.
Favourite Bug: a tick, when you find it and manage to get it off without a problem…
I love butterflies… Do they qualify as a bug though? They certainly seem too cute to!
Those bug-shaped cakes are so cute, my 5-year-old niece would die for them!
My favorite bug is the ladybug because she’s so fashionably dressed in black and red
One of my favorite bugs has to be the butterfly. They are such beautiful creatures, and there’s so many different types! I tend to see monarchs and other warm-hued versions most often around here, but I especially love when I catch a glimpse of the blue and purple ones!
Honestly. Most ‘bugs’ are gross. BUT a butterfly or ladybug are nice. And pretty.
What a great mould and pretty cakes!
I love all kinds of bugs. Two of my favorite bugs are butterflies, dragonflies, beetles and bumble bees).
Cheers,
Rosa
How cool is that mould!
I love this kind of bug!!
http://frillsinthehills.blogspot.com/2009/07/snaphappysaturday-mademoiselle.html
Hi Lorraine,
What an interesting question!!
While I am not a huge lover of spiders my children insist that we have to look at the tarantulas and other spiders at the zoo/museum very closely… gggrrrr!!! The very thought of them irks me but I am now starting to see the beauty of them (behind glass of course)…..
BUT my favourite bug of all time though is the ladybug.. I love how delicate and small they are. Very cut and colourful.
Thanks for the competition.
Ladybirds, for the win! :p
I just love their hard little shells, and how they can crawl over your fingers!
What a great giveaway!! My favourite bug would be a butterfly, because to me they represent the beginning of summer: my favourite season of the year!
One of my favorite bugs are dragonfly, they used to scare me as a child. But when i got old i came to like the little guys.
Oooh, favourite bug? I love a ladybug (or is it ladybird?) and adore a flutterby (butterfly), but actually I really like sakkatas (spelling?). I love their noise, it’s Sydney summer to me.
And Zumbo auctioning those items to raise money for charity – sigh, I’m an even bigger fan now!
Lady bugs are my favourite.
I don’t know why because butterflies are more beautiful.
But lady bugs land on your arm and crawl up and down and tickle and I love that!
anaree
Those are SOOO cute!
Hi!
I’d have to say my favourite insect would be the Dragonfly.To me it’s somewhat magical, it flies in only for a brief moment then they seem to just disappear.From something that appears to be made from almost nothing they are certainly one beautiful creature.
Rarely catching sight of a dragonfly they always bring delight.
Can I say Balmain Bug? Cos its delicious and edible! hehe
I cross stiched a ladybug on a sunflower and what a difference it made.
My favourite bug is ladybird as it’s the smallest and beautiful with coloured spots and background. Maybe polkadots originally come from this bug :p
Ladybird is the only bug which will not make me shriek or run around. Just keep me away from the cockroahs, beetles, butterflies ( I accidentally sit on a butterflies when I was small and got a big trauma on this bug) and other big bugs.
I will have to pick the Praying Mantis as people have told me that my eyes remind me of one – not sure whether that is a compliment or not The moulds are gorgeous
I have not seen one in decades, but my favorite insect is a lightening bug. I remember catching them in a jar (with holes in the lid) as a child in Iowa. My cousins and I would carry them around like lanterns, then release them before we had to go to bed. It was truly magical! Thank you for inspiring the memory, and for the giveaway.
I have not seen one in decades, but I love lightening bugs/fireflies. I remember catching them in jars (with holes in the lid) as a child in Iowa, USA. My cousins and I would carry the jars around like lanterns. We would release them unharmed when it was time to go to bed. We felt like we were in fairyland. Thank you for inspiring the memory, and for the giveaway.
Have to agree with many of the posts. The Ladybug is our favourite. We love the fact that in so many cultures it is seen as lucky. In France, if a Ladybug landed on you, whatever ailment you had would fly away with the Ladybug. Wouldn’t that be fabulous!
My favourite big would probobly have to be the bee. Why? They give me honey!!! And I love honey. I also love the sound of bees buzzing about in flowers on nice sunny days, its such a summer a sound and they always look so cute, hovering about the flowers.
I like the bee best. Because they’re kind of cute and fuzzy and they make honey, which is just magical. I am a little scared of the stings though – I don’t react so well to them.
Oooooohhhhhhh how cute!
I love most bugs, but spiders & grasshoppers have to be top of the list.
I go icky at the sight of most bugs (and I don’t count the butterfly as a but, but since they did!) – butterflies are the only ones I think are gorgeous, for the corny reason of how they are born – from the icky ugly creepy caterpillar into the amazingly colourful flutterby!
A butterfly because it transforms from a caterpillar to this beautiful creature
I love lady bug. A very beautiful color combination of black and red
I LOVE STICK INSECTS THEY FACINATE ME WITH THEIR ABILITY TO BLEND IN
oh howw cute would these be on birthday cakes or little jelly bugs, so cute , would love to have them
My favourite is a ladybird/ladybug. They are so cute. “Ladybird, ladybird fly away home!!!”
My favorite bug is a preying mantis because it is huge and spindly looking and rarely seen.
I don’t know would it be classified as a bug – more likely a worm. lol. I’d say mine would be the beach / blood worm only because it works bloody fantastic when fishing.
my first beloved love for bugs is the hideous pill bug, or what we like to call the roly-poly! i used to play with them for hours. touching their tiny feet and forcing them to roll up into balls and tossing them around (on the ground delicately-of course).
I am fascinated by the Praying Mantis with it’s unique triangular shaped head, especially the baby ones which feel so soft and are so cute.
my favorite bug is a butterfly!! They are beautiful and fun to watch!
Hi Lorraine,
I just wanted to say that I’m one of your biggest fans. I visit your site all the time to get tips on where to eat and what to make. Thanks for sharing your adventures. You inspire people. Some friends gave me my very own blog as a birthday present. Hopefully you enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed reading yours.
Cheers
Katherine
I really like ants – they make me think of summer & picnics and spending time with family and friends. The moulds are just divine – thanks for sharing!
Lorraine, I hate bugs!!!
But if they’re the kind that are on that mold, that’s ok.
For a favourite, I would pick the ladybird – colourful and cute.
Goodness me, the world is full of so many beautiful insects, and of course a fair amount of icky ones too. I think the mould itself goes to say that the ladybird, butterfly and dragon fly are among our favourites, but just recently my daughter and I had the pleasure of having a Katydid come and visit my rose bush, and she stayed for ages. I had never actually seen one before, and haven’t since. But she was truly a beautiful emerald green with not a mark on her. She was happy to be picked up and would walk on our hands with her little feet feeling almost sticky in the way they grip. Each day we would go out and visit her, and for about a week I agreed to let my little girl keep her in her bedroom as she had made her such a beautiful house to live in.
Eventually we took her back to the rose bush where she stayed a few more days and then one day she was gone, but we often talk about her so the memory of her visit will stay forever.
I love ladybirds, especially those special yellow ones that sometimes land ontop of your hand when your in the garden. I was going to say the clear coloured lizards . . . but he isnt a bug! Thats what you get for lack of sleep with a 6mth old!
The cakes look gorgeous! Am starting a cake class in August and feeling more and more inspired now!
Hi!
My favourite insect is the leaf insect- we saw them on our trip through OZ, – what a wonder; first you don’t see them at all, then, when you realize it is an insect, you suddenly start to recognize the different body parts- legs, head,separate body-parts; all cleverly covered up as leaves. You just can’t stop watching them!
aukje
Those are fab! I’m definitely not a fan of bugs, but my boys go mad for them! Today’s favourite is the stag beetle, because they are big, and you can make them fight!
I love Dragonflies, also known as Odonatas. I love their pretty little wings and tails
My favourite bug would have to be the ladybird/bug. Why? Because of the way my kids eyes light up when they see them, doesn’t matter if we’re at the pool or at home in the backyard, whenever they find one they race over to me with it, they’re so excited to see such a small, delicate creature crawling on their hand.
Teaching them the Ladybird ladybird fly away home song ends the adventure as we let her go (near where they found her) to find her family again.
Lady bugs- so many different species and colour depths. If I have aphids on my garden plants, some of the species will eat the aphids- no chemicals required.
The ladybird, because I remember trying to catch them in my grandparents’ backyard when I was a little kid, so they’re associated with my wonderful grandparents!
Lovely silicone moulds! I don’t really like insects, but I think ladybirds are cute and pretty…
Cochineal Beetle… for the amazing red dye that’s made from them.
Ladybird is definitely the favourite, they’re beautiful, harmless and if they land on you, consider yourself lucky. My next favourite is the Praying Mantis as it can blend into it’s environment and it’s pose truly reflects it’s name.
The Adriano Zumbo cake auction is such a great idea, hope oodles of money was raised for the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
i adore the shimmering wings of dragonflies and they remind me of childhood walks along the river on summer evenings
I’m only 2 so my mum is typing for me – my favourite bugs are snails. I like picking them up and their funny waving antennae, even though they ate all the beans i planted in my garden.
my very best fav bug is the ladybug so stylish in red and black what a dish xx
my fav bug is the praying mantis, because seth rogen played him in kung fu panda. also cos the girly ones eat the boys. They are kick ass.
and they look cool.
Here’s my second favorite bug – The ladybug! She’s just so cute, and elegant, and EASY TO DRAW! Lol I suck at drawing, she is what used to get me through drawing in school!
I like bees the best because I enjoyed The B Movie, an animated movie with Jerry Seinfeld’s voice, coincidentally, all about bees.
Dragonflies are my favourite because they are just that little bit left of centre – still very beautiful though.
My favourite bug is the butterfly- I just had a butterfly themed party for my daughter last week! They are so feminine and delicate. They are very graceful and I have never heard anyone complain about them. They remind me of spring and the fact that anybody can change on the outside or the inside (they were once ugly caterpillars). They are so pretty and never bite anyone. They have beautiful wings, my daughter calls them ‘fairies’!
My favourite would have to be the ladybird bug. They bring so much style to the bug world – those cute little red coats with black buttons and a little black beret… adorable!
Mine would have to be caterpillars, for the simple reason that the The Very Hungary is both my son’s favorite book. It gives so much pleasure when we get to sit and cuddle whilst reading the book
wichety grubs … dee-licious!
The bumble bee – her life is spent gathering pollen, to feed all the babies back at the hive.
Men are born without mouths – it’s not their role to eat, simply to fertilise the queen before they die. So,it’s the girls who rule this empire, which, incidentally all flowering plants rely upon. Evolving together with plants for hundreds of millions of years, the bees and the flowers would never notice if we disappeared; if they did, we’d be dead (of starvation) in months, as we rely so heavily on all flowering plants and the animals that eat them.The humble bumble! See the link to a pic my partner took last week.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sachawheeler/3710129629/
my favourite bugs are cicadas (are they classed as bugs?!) You don’t see them that often anymore but as a kid i used to love collecting their shells and hearing their deafening sounds!
The ladybird wins my vote. It’s the first toy my little one had (it was part of her cot mobile) and she spent countless hours staring at it. That in turn became hours of me staring at her. The simple joys in life. Now that she’s almost 1, she loves eating food in interesting shapes and what delight it will bring if I had this mould!
I love Dragonfly – in the past year I have been drawn to them in artwork and in nature – they bring a sense of calmness to my hectic life. The bug moulds are so cute
Cheers
Amanda
I like slaters, or roll-up bugs as my children call them. They can be adopted as pets and roll up into balls when they are frightened. I also love the dragonfly on the cover of AS Byatt’s The Children’s Book; it is a beautiful cover and a great book!
I love these moulds, they make kids cakes a real doddle. No more spending four hours creating a fairy castle! It truly was a labour of love! Lakeland do a great selection in the UK, and I’m very tempted to stock up. I can feel a ladybird cake coming on!
Silicon moulds are the novlety and expensive in Malaysia where I live. My favourite bug is the butterfly. They are so so pretty when decorated.
Ladybirds are my favorite! They bring good luck and are so cute and compact. My youngest daughter is called Layla Ladybird(nickname of course!)..”Lady” or “birdy” for short.
Cheers….Noodlehead
Bugs honestly scare me – all bugs except for the lady beetle! Most probably because it is so delicate and dainty
Wow.. I wonder how on earth everyone is going to fit at the cafe!! There’ll surely be a queue onto the streets!!
What adorable silicon moulds!
I like bumblebees – little fat ones!
ladybug – they are cute, dainty, and its the only insect i am not afraid of
My sons and I are quite keen on the stick insects
I love dragonflies…there is something quite magical about them….colourful and beautiful and oh so fragile!
What a cute idea!!
Thanks for having this giveaway!
Let’s see… I’m really not knowledgeable when it comes to bugs, I know I do not like roaches or anything that bites/stings… I’m going to go with grasshoppers. I like them because they’re full of energy!
My favourite bug is the Cairns Birdwing Butterfly which is Australia’s largest butterfly & endangered. I’m proud & delighted that I have them breeding in my garden & it’s a total delight each morning to see one emerge pumping up their wings..they’re so beautiful!
My favourite bug is…the bumblebee! OK, so it’s also my favourite Transformer (sad I know), but they are so cute with their yellow and black fuzzy hair!
Ladybug – love the red with black spots!
Butterflies! Love the way they fly past and brighten your day!
I love bugs, with 10 young grandchildren to occupy there is nothing quite like going on a “bug hunt”….Imagine them finding these!!!!
The most amazing bugs I have seen have been in Namibia. It was April when we were walking to a restaurant in the evening, it was dark, and you couldn’t see anything beneath your feet. The bugs were black, the same color as the tar road. You could only hear them, with every step, they were under your feet, crunch..crunch..crunch.
They were everywhere, I do not know what kind of bug they where. In the daylight you could see a few of them, big and black, but after sunset they became a carpet on the hot African desert floor.
That image and feeling will be with me forever. Next time I will wear proper shoes after dark, the flimsy sandals were not enough.
Hi Lorraine, Dragonfly’s…….
they are my all time perenial favorites. The beauty of those iridescent wings and their elegant long bodies. To watch them swoop and dive then hover so effortlessly is a joy, then of course it’s usually a warm, still summers day. Perfect.
Will be keeping my fingers crossed for this giveaway, just adorable moulds.
Lizzie XX
i always thought walking sticks were cool, probably inspired by Karate Kid.
I would have to say I like slaters, they are so cute the way they roll up into a ball if you touch them. We have thousands in our garden and it makes me happy to say hello to them when I see them. (mums with boys soon come to appreciate bugs).
I would love to win this mould. I recently bought one for a friend but secretly would love it for myself!
Butterflies! My whole room is covered with butterflies and I can never resist any butterfly jewellery as well cos they’re so pretty and delicate looking.
A Christmas Beetle always makes me smile!
I love the hairy, furry catterpillars! When I was a child we felt like we had won a rare prize if we spotted one of those.
Have quite a few that i like but the butterfly is a firm favourite because of its wonderful colours. I love to see butterflies flying about or perch on the flowers in my garden.
I love stick insects and used to have one as a pet in my office.
It would have to be the illustrious *busy bee*, not only does the *bee* produce honey to make those wonderful cakes, cupcakes, some of adriano’s creations, accompaniment to teas, they also pollinate flowers which in turn keeps the balance of our world’s eco-system alive… a world without *bee’s* would be disastrous indeed!
Dragonfly definitely! With their huge eyes and striking transparent double wings they are a delight to find in the garden flitting about ! Butterflies are beautiful but dragonflies seem to have something regal?? about them.
I have to add that I too love butterflies … I have made a butterfly cake for my daughter’s birthday a couple of years ago, and everyone were fascinated … and every year she ask me if I could make her one again … So I definitely choose the BUTTERFLY!!!!
Ladybirds are my favourite. They are the only bug I am happy to have crawling on me. They also eat the aphids in my garden.
my favourite is definitely a butterfly- especially the ones that are a myriad of colours
I love giant stick insects, such funny looking bugs!
Dragon Flies are my favourite because my daughter once called them “the pretties dragons ever”. They make me smile every time.
My favourite bug is the ladybird, simply because they are so cute dressed in their orange with black polka dots – the perfect party outfit!
Ludy Bugs, they are gorgeous and to me are a sign of luck.
Ladybugs are my favourite – they bring back memories of being a child in my Nanna’s garden. A child suddenly becomes a big friendly giant as the pretty little creatures land on them.
The Cockroach has become my favourite bug,as I can’t seem to get rid of them,I might as well start to enjoy them.
my favorite bug is a preying mantis! even though they look a bit like an alien-robot hybrid, everytime i see one i’m reminded of when i was little and my family would keep them as pets on our window ledge
Wow this is hard. Finding another bug I like. If anything I’d have to say crickets, because I grew up hearing them around my garden. Now that I’ve left that house, the sound of crickets always takes me back!
Well I quite enjoy a humbug when heading to the Lolly shops in either Berry or Leura, but in terms of actual insects I love the Christmas beatle. It had that lovely almost iridescent colouring and their arrival means its one of those still, magical summer nights.
Cicadas – because they signal summer and have an incredibly evocative sound.
just to let you know that not only do you have a adult following but my daughters 6 and 3 are devotees too
…. when i asked them what bug they liked they said to tell you butterflies and lady buggies ….hahahaha….. bacause they are beautiful ….they don’t really understand but they love your photos .
My favourite bug is the Christmas Beetle,
Even though it only comes out once a year.
It’s so exciting to see the first once,
It brings smiles and Christmas cheer!
My favourite would be butterflies. I can hardly call it a bug though. Such beautiful creatures that it is hard to believe they are spawn from caterpillars!
I love ladybugs.. to me they represent good luck if they land on you. I now have one tattooed on my ankle to ensure I have good luck all year round…
I love Dragonflies because of their beautiful coloured wings.
My favourite “bug” is the Butterfly. I am always reminded of fairies flying around, flitting around the flowers & trees & looking so delicate
Grasshoppers – quite an overlooked bug with star quality (Kung fu shall we say more ?), the colour of green tea ice cream….small, slim, long, elegant, with delicate wings. At least when the going gets tough, they can fly away !
Ants – because I loved the animated movie Antz.
Butterflies – they are so unique and colourful, hard to overlook this gorgeous insect.
a ladybug as theyre so cute!
I love the ‘christmas beetles’. The way their shell looks like petrol on a wet road as it sparkles in the sunshine is brilliant.
I love the dragonfly. they are so elegant and I love the colours on it’s body.
My favourite is butterfly. They are so elegant when they fly in the garden.
Hi, I love Christmas beetles because they remind me of my primary school days. We used to catch them in the playground at lunchtimes on hot steamy days.
Hnmmm… I cant come up with any more.. The cockroach? I see them so much, and am soo scared of them. I dont like them, but they sure are on my mind a lot
Love those moulds!!
Cicadas are my favourite bug because they bring back childhood memories of my brother, sister and I playing in the backyard trying to catch them. When I hear them it reminds me that warmer times are ahead.
That would definitely have to be the butterfly. Not only do I love these beautiful mystical creatures, I even have one tattooed into my neck. sshhh…
I have a soft spot for Ladybirds.At three difficult times in my life, on each of those occasions a ladybird landed on my bag, my arm and my nose. I believe in their magic!
“Make a wish and it will come true, when a lucky little ladybird comes to visit you”
Those moulds are just adorable, the kids would love these.Some healthy vegie muffins, they will be so enraptured by the shapes they wont know they are eating somethings that’s good for them! Where can you buy them? The bee is also adorable in that mould,looks very cute [and stinger free
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‘Beetles, bugs and butterflies’ does anyone watch Charlie and Lola? I’t my four year old’s favourite episode and book, so, my faourite bug is the mould with all three ‘beetles, dragonfly and butterflies.’ Imagine a cake to match her favourite book!
one of my sons favourite bugs is the dung beetle, and he said because they do a good job cleaning up other peoples poo
fireflies…their butts are so shiny
dragonflies – so long and strange looking
ladybirds, they look so unique with their spots and round body.
I love Ladybugs. They just look so delicate, but so pretty.
I would have to go with the favoured choice of ladybug, for the awesome contrast and the teeny-tininess… But there is a certain someone whispering ‘bullet ant’ in my ear! Mind you, he also tells me I’m getting toothpaste for my birthday so perhaps we’ll disregard that opinion!
My favorite bug has to be a dragonfly- I went to a cooking school in Mexico where the dragonfly motif was everywhere- on the walls, in the tiling of the swimming pool- on the note paper. When I see one I think of that time.
Oooh I cant believe I forgot this 1 bug… the grasshopper!! I love them because of that fairy-tale/story I read when I was a kid, can’t remember its name though!
My favourite just has to be the dragonfly – I have a beautiful metal one that “lives ” in a big pot of ginger on my deck. The colours are stunning !
Today I choose the bee, because it is industrious yet beautiful.
I love the honey bee mold too! quite unusual….and plus my name means honey bee!
My favourite has to be the bee were we get Mother Nature’s most revereed gift HONEY. Not only does the honey to sweeten cakes, tea, if you are lucky enough to have bees at home,I’ve used pure honey to heal a cut within days, Home grown honey also has other medicinal purpose.Without Bees, we would not have beautiful flowers, or trees I love chewing the honeycomb when you bite into it, it oozes that warm beautiful golden syrup in your mouth.As soon as they are born,Bees instinctively know their place in the tree of life,For example you have the Worker bee who scouts out different area for collecting pollen,within milliseconds of returning to the hive the next bee immediately knows where to go collect & pollinate flowers, Guards proctect their hive from wasps & other intruders, Nurses bees look after the new born, the Drone whose one job is to fertilize the main bee The QUEEN bee, the big mama of them all. I grew up watching these fascinating insects, One day my beloved late father,at the time had 2 hives, picked up a bee from the cold ground,he blew warm air on it & gently placed the bee on the “landing strip”- near the opening, I could not believe it as 2 other bees picked it uo & from a height of about 6 feet dropped it,Even though the 2 hives were less than 3 feet apart, these guards knew it was not theirs or Maybe it was too far gone t live. On another day Dad was rearranging the frames as bees tend to work more in one area,It was amazing to watch the bees,who work their hives in the shape oa hexagon climb over each other & reinforce the weak link.How could one tiny insect be so valuable BEES IT IS for me
At the risk of sounding like a copycat, I’m going with the bee as well! They are so crucial to the pollination so many food crops that I can’t help but love the fuzzy little things! And I’m pretty sweet on honey (ho ho!).
I LOVE the dragonfly. It is such an elegant creature and has such dainty, colorful wings that sing of summer.
The butterfly!! Colourful, delicate, that funny powder that comes off their wings . . .
Grasshopper! Weird to look at but nice green colour!
Butterflies – you just cant beat those awesome colourful patterns on their wings.
My favourite bug is the Christmas Beetle (I’m not sure if that’s their official name, but it’s what we always called them as kids!). When the light catches their shell it has a gorgeous iridescence. Aside from one unfortunate incident where my brother put one in my hair, I’m very fond of them to this day.
ladybird – so dainty and love the spots!
Praying Mantis, I adore how they sit up & look around but especially love the pay backs they do, my son when little flicked one & it grabbed his finger, it took the school 30 minutes to get it to let go.
Praying Mantis as its a unique member of the insect world!
Grasshopper because green’s my favourite colour.
What a great idea.I love butterflies as they are so pretty and luckily my 2 boys do aswell.It would be nice to make something girly instead of the cars, trucks ets that the boys always ask for.
hmmm today i wish i had the lady bug mold for a cake i want to make! saw one in the park today….how random!
Cockroach as I feel sorry for them! Nobody else probably picks them as their favourite!
Dung Beetle – they are actually very interesting if you happen to see a doco on TV, even though they are kind of disgusting!
I give my vote to the humble ant. Not quite so attractive as the ladybird, butterfly or dragonfly but I admire the ants qualities of strength, community spirit and hard work. Did you know that if you were as strong as an ant you could easily carry a car on your back!
butterfly today! saw a beautiful one in the park today. so fragile and beautiful…..man do i wish i had these molds…i’d be baking up a storm.
Tarantula (spiders are insects right?) just because they are so scary!
Daddy Long Legs – they are quite pleasant as far as spiders go.
Earthworms… I simply lovee the way they slither across so gracefully, without any legs! We can see them a lot around here, during the rains, and I am reallly fascinated by them!
A black widow spider.
My favourite bug should not actually be called such. The dragon fly is my favourite stained glass window with wings. The name conjures thoughts of mythical creatures, whilst the creature itself creates beauty both in the air and across the water. It is magical.
My favourite insect would have to be the ladybird. She is so beautiful and elegant as she glides from flower to flower and always loves to say hello too.
I love ladybugs. They are so cute, red and black go well together
and if you have one on your hand you can make a wish when they fly away!
Scary Huntsman spider
Red-Back Spider
dragonflies!!! They are just amazing creatures!XXxxxxx
My next favourite bug is a bumble bee (is that technically a bug?). They are bigger and fluffier than a normal bee, therefore making them seem somewhat friendlier.
BUtterfly coz they flutter around as light as a feather without a care in the world!
A butterfly because they are so elegant and graceful when they are in the air.
I love Christmas beetles with their gorgeous irridescant green and gold shells.They really brighten up the bushes.
My Fav Bug would have to be the Christmas Beetle, As Then i know Christmas is around the corner which is my fav time of the year. Also The Christmas Beetle’s are so beautiful Looking
Money Spider – for good luck!
This is so cute! I have to say the butterfly, coz they are just beautiful and magical
P.S. Great competition!
I sleep on a loft. What lulls me to sleep is the creepy crawly of spiders on the ceiling that I routinely think I am going to kill with a hardcover book but I am too lazy to bother. They have sort of become my friends.
Bumble bee… because of the many stories that revolve around them
The humble dung beetle is an amazing creature. The cleaning up job they do is awesome with their perfectly formed balls of poo so much bigger than themselves that they push away to bury. Natures organic gardeners!
Thanks!for the comp,luv this one.
May I be as humble as to say the bumble. BUMBLE BEE is for me….
The Butterfly… a great symbol of life transformation, we can all transform our “BUGliness” into Beauty!
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My favorite bug is the butterfly! Butterflies are colorful, friendly, cheerful and inspirational. They bring joy to the heart and smile to the face. World’s greatest musical icon, the late Michael Jackson, and world’s famous diva, Mariah Carey sang “Butterfly”. Butterflies touch the hearts of many in different ways, and they are a symbol of many things to many people.
I love the little lady bugs…
So cute.
my favourite bug is my brother. I like telling him to buzz off.
Cockroach – favourite for squishing that is.
I love the firebug, think it is one of God’s most fantastic creations. As a kid, used to catch them and put them in a bottle just to see the light they radiate! Simply marvellous. Also a great way to reminsce childhood, unlike the kids of today, who only have their computer games to keep them company.
Ladybirds are definetly my favourite. The perfect black spots on the bright red or yellow wings. Just fabulous x
Please tell me where I can buy the icecube tray!!!
Thanks
Butterflies, they come in so many different shapes colours and sizes…
My favoutrite would be caterpillars. They are regarded as a pest and ugly creatures, and no-one seems to like them, but everyone loves butterflies (just read the other posts). I think its a good reminder of the potential that people can have, that even the ugly and unwanted can blossom into the most beautiful given time and space to do so.
Lady Bugs are gorgeous little things, my car looks like one
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The Christmas Beetle, they come in so may beautiful colours and one of the few bugs that I will pick up
i love ladybugs,they re so different and i like how they are shiny…
that mold is so cool,i like the iced cakes
My favourite is the ladybird, as I love to hear my 2 year old say it!
My favourite would have to be “Gloiathus” the African horn beetle. It’s hideous to look at but undergoes 3 “morph” stages, the butterfly only goes through 1 therefore risking death 3 times to reach maturity! Brave little thing!
Ants…facinating creatures…such busy busy creatures and always about with a purpose!
I like Rhino beetles. They’re mostly in QLD and they are just incredible, not to mention huge with a big horn on their nose like a rhino! When you touch them gently on their back, they hiss at you too. The boys where I used to work would put them in the cash register so when you opened the till and put your hand in, you would touch the beetle and hear this big hiss which would of course makes us squeal like typical girls!! It was so much fun.
Firefly – I have captured one in my hands..incredible how they glow
my favourite buy is the ladybug, because they are so pretty
i’d say that my favourite bug would be the lady beetle – it reminds me of primary school days!
slaters..hard working creatures in the garden
Like many others I revere the Dragonfly, however, I don’t consider them to be bugs, and so although they are very popular I still love the ladybird
Lady bugs are adorable
to watch them is quite magical
in their red and white dressed up suit
they are totally cute!
My favourite has to be the dragonfly. They are so elegant and look beautiful with the delightful colours in their wings. They also dont bite which is a bonus!
Ladybirds are definately my favorite. The red and black variety, as a child we used to have a lot of them in our hedge at the bottom of the garden and we’d coax them onto our fingers. Everytime I see a ladybird I’m taken back to my childhood for a brief second or two!
Ladybeetles by far – they eat the aphids of my roses and my daughters love to hold them while singing songs to them.
The cicada and their beautiful sound,
although these creatures are hard to be found.
One should really take a look at the ‘Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata’ what a magnificent creature, it’s “Life Cycle: Hatching occurs in Spring in the South, and in late Spring in the North
The firefly, they always light up a dark night!
Bertie Beetle……mmmmmmm delicious
Is a bee a bug?
Bumble Bee – Beeeautiful lol
A Slater. Those cute little roly poly bugs are gorgeous!!
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WOW what a lot of bugs, NQN your site has lots of lovely admirers, me amongst them.
Take a little time and have a peek at the ‘Rain Beetles’ they are in the family Scarabaeidae, but have been classified into their own family, Pleocomidae . Only male Rain Beetles can fly. The female Rain Beetle remains buried deep underground in a burrow and must wait for a male Rain Beetle to locate her so they can mate. Aren’t they interesting? I think so
A firefly?
My favourite is a fruit fly because they look like flys but only smaller and cuter! And they are probably healthy, after all they hang around fruit all day!
I love all praying mantis. They are favourite kind of green and can make kung fu like moves look elegant!
I love all kind of praying mantis. They are my favourite green and can make kung fu like moves look elegant!
Cicadas because I had so much fun as a kid collecting their shells and putting them in our bug collectors
Ants as we had antfarms as kids and used to collect the queens and watch them build a colony – but one night they got out…….
caterpillar…the ugly turns into a thing of beauty!
Rhino beetles
My favourite bug is the water loving dragonfly, as it brings back fond memories of a family holiday we enjoyed in Broome, Western Australia. That holiday was 4.5 months ago and I am now 5 months pregnant with our second child
My last attempt…. A spider!! I dont know if that qualifies as a bug, but I love the way they create their webs!
Beetlebug-reminds me of a racehorse. A fast stayer!!!
Yayy I won!! Thank you so much! I’m going to put this to awesome use!!
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