I am CuTRis

A Broad-winged hawk was chasing a crow and temporarily landed 10 feet from me while I was in the garden. I had heard the crow "rattling," for quite a while before that. It's always interesting what I might encounter in my own yard. Was it purely an accident, or was the high intellect of the crow engaged in trying to bring the pursuing hawk close to the human, to throw it off the chase? Ground Beetle  Waiting Spider

As a child I was fascinated that there were so many cool bugs around. As an adult, I like photographing them. This fuzzy Jumping Spider was watching me too.

Since I was a kid, I would catch spiders in the house and put them outside.

Here's a large Orb Spider I got a picture of hanging from the top of the Duluth Radisson.