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Brown Spider (Cross orbweaver spider)

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Cross orbweaver spider
by: Moni

Jane
There are several orbweaver spiders that kind of look like yours, but the cross orbweaver spider looked a lot like it. Yours is either in genus Neoscona or Araneus. The cross orbweaver is in the latter. Below is a site with many pics you can look at the all those photos as well as type in Neoscona in search and view those. Let me know what you think especially since you have the belly pic?.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3376/bgimage?from=48

The orbweavers are common spiders found in gardens, barns and most outdoor spaces.
Bugguide says this about the two genus's "Several species of Neoscona and Araneus that are considered "barn spiders" can only be identified by examination of the carapace groove (fovea). Neoscona have a longitudinal groove on the carapace (parallel with the long axis of the body), whereas Araneus have angular (transverse) grooves. However, an apparent problem is that in Araneus the groove may appear as little more than a dimple, making it tough to tell. "

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