Araneus marmoreus
(Marbled Orb-weaver)

I’m not certain. The “cross ” actually isn’t usually this distinct, just the intersection of two thin white dashed lines. Your spider is way more fancy than that. 🙂 The white and black banded legs aren’t typical for Araneus diadematus, but they are for a few other a Araneus species. The crisp zigzags on the back are different from the usual wavy lines. So are the dots down the back and the geometric markings on the sides. She looks like a piece of artwork. Our Site Moderator has much more experience at this than I do. I’ll ask her to… Read more »

It would be a cool wood block print too. She’s got a nice Art deco plus cubism thing going on. My best friend is a professional artist in the mid-century modernistic style. She does a lot of biology-inspired works. I wish she wasn’t afraid to look at the markings on spiders.