CLOSED: Night Spider I found all around my Garage

Youngstown, OH

Alright I've been trying to figure out what kind of spider this is for the past few days. I only find them at night and they build big spiral webs around the corners of the garage doors and some other spots like the drain pipes and other stuff. So far from searching around on the web I'm guessing its a type of garden spider. its got a badge looking design under it (thought it was a huntsman spider but there not around me i don;t think) and has the whitesh and black design on its top so far the biggest one I've seen has been around the size of a nickel so if anyone here knows what they are help me out because I'm really curious to know what they are. Oh and I'm in northeastern Ohio in the country away from the cities if that helps you. I have other pictures to if anyone would like to see.

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Sinks Grove, WV

This is an orb-weaving spider (family Araneidae); there are several species in the genera Araneus and Neoscona that can have quite similar color patterns, but if you can post an image of a dorsal view, someone may recognize it.

Youngstown, OH

Ok ya heres the top of it

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Sinks Grove, WV

Much better; I'm really glad now that I didn't try an i.d. from the bottom view, as this is in yet another genus in this family, namely Larinioides - see http://tinyurl.com/22kboxt for an example.

Youngstown, OH

Ah Cool thanks for the help. I see them all the time at night and almost drove right into ones web when i was taking a ride through the woods on an ATV haha, made its web right in the middle of a trail scared the crap outa me. After that i found them making webs up in the corners of all the doors and haven't been able to find anything about them other than there orb weavers. so thanks again :)

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