Aw, I'm bummed that i missed this. But still, I love it. Methinks that's why all the bugs in the game were "removed" earlier. So they'd all respawn and everything would be on even ground. I knew there was something going on! Wish I stayed on a little longer.
I absolutely love stuff like this, and hope to see more of it in the future. A lot of admins have left and admin events are definitely nowhere near as common as they used to be. And given the increased playerbase, they should be mush more frequent. (I know this particular event was something special, and not a regular admin event; PERHAPS this 5-min "who can catch the most bugs" thing can become a semi-regular admin event along the lines of buried treasure and hide & seek?)