# Unexpectedly cute observations - what are yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Nature Talk\ **Tags:** fun\ **Created:** [September 18, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644 "2022-09-18T18:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![screedius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/screedius/32/7955_2.png) [@screedius](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/screedius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/21 "2022-09-18T21:13:02Z")
I don’t often think of fungi as cute, but I think these two qualify. Big and little mushroom buddies. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68900599](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68900599) ![20210130_150230](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/5/b/5b398e5a99e01c20d8cccdb378b2e32d0cad86de.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![screedius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/screedius/32/7955_2.png) [@screedius](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/screedius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/22 "2022-09-18T21:17:19Z")
I think this is as close as a banana slug gets to smiling for the camera. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54490976](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54490976) ![20200726_122435](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/8/c81b9d22fbfcc0ed089a4041e7c228b02a2caee1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chipperatl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/chipperatl/32/27720_2.png) [@chipperatl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/chipperatl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/23 "2022-09-18T21:21:28Z")
Gnat Ogre (Genus Holcocephala) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/2/c23063e62fe65fb699f234fb47313e543f466e4c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![screedius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/screedius/32/7955_2.png) [@screedius](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/screedius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/24 "2022-09-18T21:21:35Z")
Last one for now: My friend Capt. Craboo pretending to be a rock (poorly). [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60341433](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60341433) ![20200920_181516](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/0/80854d57c006b9b5da25cb8d562ad5bc3cf34bb7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wildwestnature](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/wildwestnature/32/20310_2.png) [@wildwestnature](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/wildwestnature)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/25 "2022-09-18T21:22:38Z")
We love Red-breasted Nuthatch sounds. We were not expecting the laughing sounds (or squeaks of sneakers on a basketball court?) that predominate this recording (may have to crank up your volume): [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133718037](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133718037) ---
**Author:** ![kevintoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kevintoo/32/23911_2.png) [@kevintoo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kevintoo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/27 "2022-09-18T22:03:19Z")
I never thought of beetles as cute but this one changed my mind. It reminds me of a somewhat fuzzy version of the Queen’s Guard. ![Enoclerus eximius](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/d/fd0d143b80ce6497d4f162d513a7a74120e1d686.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ItsMeLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@ItsMeLucy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ItsMeLucy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/28 "2022-09-18T22:24:52Z")
This grasshopper was really large, honestly almost disconcertingly so, but still cute and so colorful and it used its front legs to keep hugging onto tall wildflowers. ![original (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/a/d/ad07db62b0af8e8d62232c914796b2be3271fecd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![benkendrick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/benkendrick/32/7856_2.png) [@benkendrick](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/benkendrick)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/29 "2022-09-18T22:35:28Z")
![P1440009](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/2/d/2da1cbdff993b875a04ab7a8b5a22ddd48330cc9.jpeg) I found this inchworm yesterday with an anime face. ---
**Author:** ![boredbirder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/boredbirder/32/29955_2.png) [@boredbirder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/boredbirder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/30 "2022-09-18T22:42:17Z")
![DSCN8001](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/4/3/43e6acbbf90ccff88383468d78b9108d4382452a.jpeg) ![DSCN8002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/2/9/29af139827b27a04f75d68253dfd96bdf8b41c47.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gentoopenguin21](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/gentoopenguin21/32/7747_2.png) [@gentoopenguin21](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/gentoopenguin21)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/31 "2022-09-18T23:09:25Z")
This Oriental Beetle: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96683119](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96683119) It’s just peeking over the leaf. I can’t help but think these guys are adorable. Why are the pests so dang cute? This sawfly larva: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124042736](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124042736) Not really _unexpectedly_ cute, though, is it? This Weevil wasp: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121496738](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121496738) It just stared up into the camera. Those big eyes wanting to know if I’m a danger or just wondering what I was doing (maybe). ---
**Author:** ![sarahtheentwife](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sarahtheentwife/32/1956_2.png) [@sarahtheentwife](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sarahtheentwife)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/32 "2022-09-18T23:25:39Z")
Hermit crabs are pretty cute to start with, but I love how this one looks like it’s yelling: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/4/840ce7a5a48df1c163ba290c7c64f271238e08ca.jpeg) UNHAND ME AT ONCE, CHORDATE! ---
**Author:** ![sarahtheentwife](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sarahtheentwife/32/1956_2.png) [@sarahtheentwife](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sarahtheentwife)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/33 "2022-09-18T23:31:12Z")
And between its adorable little orange legwarmers and the perfect _sproing_ of that antenna, this is one of my favorite pictures: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/3/f326ca83b3a4c0887cc2c026e7515ac66f7bb00d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![palustrisbotany](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/palustrisbotany/32/43950_2.png) [@palustrisbotany](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/palustrisbotany)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/34 "2022-09-18T23:42:09Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/d/1/d194dc3fa8c388367a6a0913c1baefe62d8fb3ab.jpeg) [Prothonotary Warbler](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124941005) sitting like a duck. It just hung out for a few minutes calling periodically ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/7/3/73f2963c6ab3fa697bd8df996a5b16b9ccc5222c.jpeg) [Bicyrtes ventralis](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116020408) digging away ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/d/3de122f1017f233b1fedd43c1ae836628cc62bff.jpeg) a teny [Sarracenia alata](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102966337) ---
**Author:** ![elias105](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/elias105/32/20800_2.png) [@elias105](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/elias105)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/35 "2022-09-19T00:02:57Z")
> [@ItsMeLucy](#): > > I wonder if the acceptance of jumping spiders as cute is limited to naturalist circles? I remember half a year or so ago when people posted jumping spiders and I saw the pictures the disgust factor was much stronger for me than the cute factor and I had to quickly scroll past. Nowadays I can look at them indefinitely though. So something has changed, maybe I’m becoming more of a naturalist… ---
**Author:** ![teellbee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/teellbee/32/15498_2.png) [@teellbee](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/teellbee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/36 "2022-09-19T00:07:08Z")
I’d have been dumbfounded if someone had told me 5 years ago I would someday think a wasp larva was cute - especially if in a plant gall. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/6/5/65fabe106b052c375d0937db6e605ccfc204d8c8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yayemaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/yayemaster/32/12153_2.png) [@yayemaster](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/yayemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/37 "2022-09-19T00:08:18Z")
The sea lion in a chair [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50197804](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50197804) ---
**Author:** ![ItsMeLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@ItsMeLucy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ItsMeLucy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/38 "2022-09-19T00:24:21Z")
That’s really pretty! ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/39 "2022-09-19T00:38:32Z")
> [@ItsMeLucy](#): > > I wonder if the acceptance of jumping spiders as cute is limited to naturalist circles? I know people far from nature react to their photos the same way, I personally would like to see that attention being spread on every spider instead of a group with big grouped eyes that triggers something in humans. ---
**Author:** ![ItsMeLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@ItsMeLucy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ItsMeLucy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/40 "2022-09-19T00:47:04Z")
For me it is those looooong antennae – so graceful and expressive! ---
**Author:** ![n8tureg1rl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/n8tureg1rl/32/29971_2.png) [@n8tureg1rl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/n8tureg1rl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644/41 "2022-09-19T01:08:47Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/7/97acad8e8e15a5ced5c307f05cdd071a80bf91f2.jpeg) Photographing this bee and they decided to join me for tea ☕ and sample my fruitcake. [Previous page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpectedly-cute-observations-what-are-yours/35644.md?page=3)