Beetles

[GRUMPY]

a spice is obtained from this (4)
Thanks in advance for any help

[Captain2]

Grumpy!
What are we looking for here - a beetle?

[GRUMPY]

yes a type of beetle that a spice is obtained from.thans captain2

[chelle7272]

Mint beetle?

[237SJ]

Is it an anagram or something? How can a spice come from a beetle? Spices are obtained from plants, not creatures.

[tiggerblue10]

I've heard of a red food colouring that is made using beetles but not spice.

[GRUMPY]

Yes tigerblue a red food colouring called cochineal is obtained from a beetle

[GRUMPY]

237js i think i now have the answer thanks to your observasion
i believe it to be ASPIC ie A SPICe is made from this Thanks

[237SJ]

Good. I`m hopeless at anagrams or anything cryptic :-)

[JMR27]

but the answer is 4 letters not 5

[nightmare]

and the connection with beetles is ?

[TheWinner]

Just to through a spanner in the works, I think the answer may be
Bark Beetle. (Cinnamon is a spice made from the bark of a tree) and there is a
beetle called a bark beetle. I don't know of a beetle called an Aspic?

[GRUMPY]

Dohh very true nihgtmare and jm.r27 it's back to the drawing board for me

[JMR27]

there's a bark beetle and cinnamon is spicy bark.

[dozyrozy]

do you have an answer for could be a type of spinning top (9) for the beetle quiz
Thank you

[chelle7272]

Whistling beetle?

[TheWinner]

Whirligig ?

[spudnick]

Root beetle?

[GRUMPY]

Dozyrozy yes it is whirlygig do you have the answer to a spice obtained from this?

[JMR27]

Hi Grumpy, The Winner and I both gave the answer 'bark' if you read further up the thread. Sounds possible.

[dozyrozy]

Sorry grumpy dont have the spice answer either