Unexpectedly cute observations - what are yours?

[isopodguy]

Velvet mites! They’re adorable little, red, furry arachnids. What’s not to love?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/279815266

[kanescompendium]

Baby cross orbweaver spoods

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280402122

[shamsho]

Wait are the BABIES eating the MOMMY? 0_0
(Beautiful observation BTW)
Made a similar observation recently and i was upset that i couldn’t find the mother and ID further than Orbweavers. Was not ready for such horrors…

[kanescompendium]

During my initial observation thats what I believed though after reading it seems Cross Orbweavers dont exhibit matricide (young eating mother). It may be them consuming the yolk sac from their egg for initial nourishment or they’re more likely just huddled up. Your observation does also appear to be of Cross Orbweavers! Ill take a closer look tonight.

[tjeales]

I love his dapper little tasche
Jumping soil bug, subfamily Hypselosomatinae

[lappelbaum]

Must chime in with my most adorable springtail observation

all my springtail observations

[joeylikesbirds]

This baby katydid

[ra_teo]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293263751

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292864578

[papernautilus]

Sand in the eyes

[keeana]

when i was young i used to get annoyed by my mom calling everything cute, but as i’ve aged i’ve come to the understanding that almost everything is, in fact, cute. especially every animal haha

here’s a sand wasp i saw recently holding onto some grass for the night.

[lappelbaum]

Forgot about this one! I grabbed the flower she was sleeping on to try to get a better photo. I woke her and she landed on my hand, so I held it next to the flower for her to get back on. I don’t recall if she did or flew away.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22667126

[ra_teo]

This blenny!

[Ec0pete]

Well I didn’t expect it

[spiphany]

@lappelbaum

I grabbed the flower she was sleeping on to try to get a better photo.

Probably a “he” (no scopa and sleeping in flowers tends to be a male activity, since females have nests they can sleep in)

[lappelbaum]

Thanks! I was wondering about that.

[ilenisaatio]

For me, it has to be this:

I think it’s an aphid (hasn’t got any ID’s besides my suspicion). I just… have never seen a fluffy aphid before.

[grampianshiker]

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/206206275

[Thunderhead]

I found two this morning…

[eyekosaeder]

What are the mushroom like things?

[jasonhernandez74]

Acetabularia – a marine alga, technically single-celled; each of those mushroom-like structures is a single algal cell, despite being visible wihout magnification.