Don't Bug Me, Leuven

Totem in Ladeuzeplein, Leuven

In 2005, the Catholic University Leuven celebrated its 575th anniversary and decided to thank the city of Leuven for its hospitality. University officials, being educators, thought, "What is the appropriate gift for 575 years? It is not 25th because that is Silver. It's not 50th since that is Gold. It's not even 90th because that is Engraved Marble. What's left? How about a beetle?"
Anyway, I'm sure the conversation went something like that. 
They commissioned a renown artist, Jan Fabre, to create a sculpture. He called it a Totem as a focal point and a symbolic art piece. The Thai Jewel Beetle is placed on a steel needle 75 feet above the square. I guess that way it can't be stepped on.
More about the Ladeuzeplein later.