Now that I've gotten over the shivers, I've done a little research and identified my hairy garden visitor as the European Garden spider, Araneus diadematus. (Do go to that last link for a lovely close-up photo.)
Apparently this species is not prone to jumping on humans and sucking their brains out through their eyeballs. I am so relieved.
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Phew! Brains safe for another day.
I am trying to convince my teen that moths don't do that either....
Hunh...I'm sure he/she is entirely harmless but I'm not willing to be a test subject to find out for certain...
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