As the outside temperatures continue to drop, I am seeing fewer and fewer spiders. This is one of my favorite recent shots of what I think is a barn spider. I really like the way that the spots in the background mirror the spots on the spider’s abdomen.
I think that this may be a Neoscona crucifera spider, though it may be an Araneus cavaticus spider. Strangely enough, both of them are sometimes known as barn spiders.
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Mike Powell 
Usually not a squeamish person, I find that I don’t much like hairy-legged critters. But I’m glad that you do, because I’ve learned a lot more about spiders than I would have otherwise.
it looks big, whatever it is!
It wasn’t as big as some of the ones that I have photographed, though the macro lens did a pretty good job in capturing details, which I think makes it look even bigger.