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it seems to be an European garden spider, diadem spider, cross spider, or cross orbweaver (araneus diadematus) [http://www.google.nl/search?um=1&hl=nl&safe=off&biw=1109&bih=595&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Araneus+diadematus&btnG=Zoeken&oq=Araneus+diadematus&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=801355l801355l0l802445l1l1l0l0l0l0l513l513l5-1l1l0] --is a very common and well-known orb-weaver spider in Europe and parts of North America, in a range extending from New England and the Southeast to California and the northwestern United States and adjacent parts of southern Canada.