What are some examples of your unexpectedly cute observations? I do not mean axolotls or baby squirrels or anything generally expected to be cute but rather things that were a little surprising. Here are three of mine. [original] I loved that little “mid-century Martian” Foxtail Copperleaf! I had…

This Oriental Beetle: 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 Not really unexpectedly cute, though, is…

Hermit crabs are pretty cute to start with, but I love how this one looks like it’s yelling: [image] UNHAND ME AT ONCE, CHORDATE!

And between its adorable little orange legwarmers and the perfect sproing of that antenna, this is one of my favorite pictures: [image]

[image] Prothonotary Warbler sitting like a duck. It just hung out for a few minutes calling periodically [image] Bicyrtes ventralis digging away [image] a teny Sarracenia alata

[image] 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 pa…

The sea lion in a chair https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50197804

[image] 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…

For me it is those looooong antennae – so graceful and expressive!

Unexpectedly cute observations - what are yours?

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teellbee September 19, 2022, 12:07am 36

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.

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Unexpectedly cute observations - what are yours?

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