The Levels of Invertebrate Cuteness (in descending order)
I. Ridiculously Photogenic: Ladybugs, butterflies, woolly bear caterpillars
II. Cute: Bumblebees, jumping spiders, moths, small cuttlefish, sea rabbit nudibranchs, opistoteuthis adorabilis octopus, bobtail squid
III. Quirky Cute: Honeybees, sow bugs/pill bugs/woodlice, crab spiders, tarantulas, small crabs, other small octopus species, piglet squid, other nudibranchs, jewel beetles, milkweed beetles, swallowtail caterpillars, leafhoppers, sea anemones
IV. Ugly Cute or Alien Cute: Wetas, giant isopods, mantids, brine shrimp, banana slugs, Caribbean reef squid, land snails, hoverflies, mantis shrimp, dragonflies and damselflies, crickets, big crabs, full-sized cuttlefish, moon jellies, sea stars, amphipods, sea pigs, velvet worms, tardigrades
V. Alien: Daddy-long-legs, giant beetles, most full-sized cephalopods, most spiders, chitons, spider crabs, crayfish, lobsters, millipedes and centipedes, copepods, sea snails, blue-eyed scallops
VI. Inscrutable: earthworms, sea cucumbers, rotifers, tube worms, jellyfish, coral, sponges, most bivalve mollusks
VII. A bit creepy: Vampire squid, camel spiders, scorpions, earwigs, wasps and hornets, scale worms (with their mouth parts everted - with their mouths closed they're a 3 or 4), leeches
VIII. Gross: Tapeworms, bot fly larvae
II. Cute: Bumblebees, jumping spiders, moths, small cuttlefish, sea rabbit nudibranchs, opistoteuthis adorabilis octopus, bobtail squid
III. Quirky Cute: Honeybees, sow bugs/pill bugs/woodlice, crab spiders, tarantulas, small crabs, other small octopus species, piglet squid, other nudibranchs, jewel beetles, milkweed beetles, swallowtail caterpillars, leafhoppers, sea anemones
IV. Ugly Cute or Alien Cute: Wetas, giant isopods, mantids, brine shrimp, banana slugs, Caribbean reef squid, land snails, hoverflies, mantis shrimp, dragonflies and damselflies, crickets, big crabs, full-sized cuttlefish, moon jellies, sea stars, amphipods, sea pigs, velvet worms, tardigrades
V. Alien: Daddy-long-legs, giant beetles, most full-sized cephalopods, most spiders, chitons, spider crabs, crayfish, lobsters, millipedes and centipedes, copepods, sea snails, blue-eyed scallops
VI. Inscrutable: earthworms, sea cucumbers, rotifers, tube worms, jellyfish, coral, sponges, most bivalve mollusks
VII. A bit creepy: Vampire squid, camel spiders, scorpions, earwigs, wasps and hornets, scale worms (with their mouth parts everted - with their mouths closed they're a 3 or 4), leeches
VIII. Gross: Tapeworms, bot fly larvae