Sacramento,CA.
I have newer seen such a spyder! Large angular abdomen, white and red stripes. I t was in a pile of old limbs and dead Ivy I had finally decided to cut up and trash. Also in the area are a large black beetle I find around wood and a fair sized Black Widow.
it's the season, ... another genus Araneus - orb weaver
they are beautiful, and friendly
put her up high, under the eave of a building,
and she'll make you a new orb, almost every night
