| badgenome said: Looks like a marbled orb weaver. |
I think badgenome has it. The orb-weaver family has a wide variety of sub-species, so it might not be a marbled orb-weaver, but one of his cousins.
They're all over North America. There's a species that pops up around my corner of Canuckistan. The common features seem to be large size considering the climate, meaty legs with sparse hair, a disgustingly fat abdomen, and of course, those lovely webs. You can find a collection of pictures of various orb-weavers if you scroll down here::
http://pestcontrolcanada.com/Questions/spider_identification.htm
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