Yellow Garden Spider (Female)

This lovely lady spider would normally be very welcome in a flower garden. Unfortunately she parked herself in the midst of the Echinacea where many of the monarch caterpillars were pupating - in fact, mere inches away from some of the chrysalises. We tried to encourage her to move elsewhere by gently knocking her web down a couple of times, but she stood her ground and rebuilt each time so we decided to leave her be. Spiders gotta eat, too.