CLOSED: What is this spider?

Spanish Fork, UT

Hello again!
I found this spider crawling on my leg, and again, I think it is a juvenile, and I am having trouble identifying it.
It does show similarities to the steatoda triangulosa I found, but it is also different in some ways, most notably, it has a triangular shaped abdomen, and is more brightly colored.
It kind of reminds me of the cat-faced spider, but I am not sure.
Thanks in advance!

Thumbnail by BillPines
Minot, ND

It is a female orb-weaving spider in the genus Araneus, and quite possibly a cat-faced spider (A. gemmoides) - http://www.wildutah.us/html/insects_other/h_spider_triangular_unk_draper_9sep2016.html

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