Rather large, with a beautiful underside, which can be seen in second picture. Thanks for any help identifying this garden visitor.
Cool Spider
underside of spider
This is Argiope trifasciata (the banded argiope), sometimes also called a banded garden spider - see http://tinyurl.com/2t6xhx. They appear to be less common than the very widespread yellow and black argiope, Argiope aurantia.
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