orb weaving spider

5759   My daughter may have got bit what is this? Is this even a spider.

This is an orb weaving spider (family Araneidae) in the genus Neoscona, likely N. arabesca – see http://tinyurl.com/j8zzap9 for an image. These spiders very seldom bite unless they are picked up and handled carelessly, and their bite is not at all dangerous to humans. Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.