Argiope aurantia
(Black and Yellow Garden Spider)

This happens often. If you take a stick and pull the web aside slowly a spider will walk off to the side that is still attached and won’t be injured. She may also climb onto the stick and can be moved to a more convenient place, like a porch frame or tree branch. This is how I move Cellar Spiders that need to get away from intolerant humans. ;( Twist the web into a strand and leave it. She’ll probably eat it like a big piece of spaghetti. She’ll build a new web, they need to do it often anyhow… Read more »