LADYBIRDS and bumblebees flew into Oxford Town Hall for a celebration of musical fun.

A creepy-crawly concert entitled Bugs was staged by Oxford Philomusica, the city’s professional symphony orchestra, yesterday.

Numbers included the Ugly Bug Ball by the Sherman Brothers, which featured in the 1963 Disney animation Summer Magic, and The Flight of the Bumble Bee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Hundreds of children dressed as bugs tapped their feet to the well-known tunes during the show presented by Alasdair Malloy.

While the musicians were warming up, children had their faces painted and perfected their costumes with insect antennae.

Among them was butterfly Catherine Beck, two, who went along with her sister Abigail, six, and mother, Jacqui Smith, 39. The family live on a narrowboat in Cropredy, near Banbury.

Catherine said she was “excited” by the concert.

Ms Smith said: “I thought this would be quite good fun as they both adore music.

“Catherine will dance to everything and she can sing to Mamma Mia.

“My older daughter is really into classical stuff and adores opera.”