It appeared to be a close match to me as far as characteristics....what is your opinion??

This is not Araneus diadematus. The cross spider does not have an obviously hairy abdomen, and has a very distinctive pattern of white spots which this specimen lacks. I'm not even certain it is in the genus Araneus, as I believe that genus has been reconfigured. The whole lot of these orb weavers is an absolute mess for us amateurs. Unfortunately, few professional arachnologists care about educating the public.

It is the same Spider as the other two Photos that I submitted earlier are they too not a Garden Spider??? Let me know and thanks.

Neoscona hentzi????----BARN SPIDER
After a little more research Neoscona hentzi is more than likely the correct classification on this one.

Let me know if you agree on this....I NEED INPUT>>>INPUT.

N. crucifera but it's definitely not that. Neoscona is however a good bet for the genus.

I've never been comfortable saying a particular spider is a barn spider. Check this list of visually identifiable spiders. Since the barn spider didn't make that list, it probably superficially resembles other spiders. With nondescript spiders like this I just lump them in with all the other orb weavers.

The cross spider you first mentioned actually does have a fairly distinctive appearance, that's why I questioned your original suggestion.

Let's just move these images to "orb weavers".

Neoscona hentzi is one of the species mentioned and is noted to be considerably hairy. I think the University of Nebraska has some good input and refrence photos up that match this specimine quit well.

I searched for hentzi originally and didn't find it. You're right though that Neoscona does appear there. The fact that there are no species listed confirms that while we might be fairly certain about the genus, we cannot determine the species. Now I'm thinking we should just move these to that genus.

that will do...thanks for the input.