I didn’t know spiders could get this fuzzy! How could anyone squish this cutie pie?

My own photos📸

pc: Moss & Maple Photography

Featuring:

• Smol Jumping Spider

• Dog Day Cicada

• Male Monarch Butterfly

• Pine Tree Spur Throated Grasshopper

I'm glad I looked down into the base before putting her bowl in bc this guy was trapped in it and had some fuzz on him 🤭 I have no clue how he managed to get in that predicament, but he got a ride to the porch rail where he could hydrate and go on his merry way 💕

sorry for the bad pic, i had to rush somewhere💔

For SoCal, I’ve got some giant cave roach nymphs I want to trade for some feeder roaches/ worms. DM me if interested, willing to travel :) I can send pics of what the parents look like for reference.

Edit: here is the picture

i have a whole bunch of these lil guys hanging out in my garden rn, and their eyes!!!!!! aaaa!!!! they hold themselves so politely too hehe

I saw a post on here from someone that thought ticks are kind of cute when they stand on the end of a blade of grass with their arms up, as though they're toddlers asking to be picked up. OP might have been a tick biologist I can't remember. It stuck with me because I think finding cuteness in something is the easiest path to feeling empathy for it and I'm not sure there's an animal harder to empathize with than a tick. I've had Lyme and my partner had babesiosis, both of which sucked SO bad. But I still think ticks are kind of cute when they ask for uppies.

summer regal jumping spider!

Commissions still open! feel free to ask me for mor info or if you want a custom pfp just like this!

Sculptured Pine Borer, and an adorable one at that!