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Araneus marmoreus
Orange body with black and white rings on legs, orange bottom and yellow shield with black markings. Body is about 1/2 " long x 1/8" wide.
Found on my porch.
Actually here's one that was posted to iNaturalist just 6 hours ago that looks almost identical to your photo here from Pennsylvania
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...
This is a male Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus) - Here's iNaturalsit photos of this species filtered by males for you to compare:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120183-...
And here's a map of the iNaturalist records to give a sense for the distribution - they're common in Tennessee:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Spotted on Aug 21, 2019
Submitted on Aug 21, 2019
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