This is one of the very harmless orb weavers. Can't see it well enough to say which one, there are hundreds. Looks like she caught herself a nice juicy caterpillar.
Even though you could freely handle these, I would leave her undisturbed the rest of the season.. http://bugguide.net/node/view/1972.
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