spider identification

Carpentersville, IL

can someone please tell me what kind of spider this is.

Thumbnail by loris75
Minot, ND

It's an orb weaver (family Araneidae); likely in the genus Neoscona - see https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/BarnSpider.jpg/220px-BarnSpider.jpg for an example. All orb weavers are harmless to humans.

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