We have something similar in the South, called Golden Silk Orbweavers or Banana spiders.
Every azalea bush in the yard was covered in them, so if you walked in the backyard in the dark, it was easy to walk into a web, and they are huge, super strong webs. The Silk spider webs are supposed to stop bleeding if you are in the wilderness if you apply a silk spider web like a bandaid.
I'm sorry to say, I got a bucket of laundry soap and took a string mop full of suds and just mopped them off of the azaleas into the bucket of hot suds and I regret it now because I haven't seen them at all since.
I should have left a few, as they are part of the environment, and they still are, just not in my yard now.
We also have brown recluse and I had to give away fabric seat swings, tents, etc that they like to hide in. Found one ON my screen door knob, right where you'd want to grab the handle, so gloves are helpful, and look before you touch.
Golden Silk Orbweaver:
The two spiders I like are Daddy Long Legs and jumping wolf spiders.
Daddy Long Leg
Jumping Wolf Spider
I have a few wolf spiders in my house and they seem semi social, come down a thread near my lamp and interact sometimes and they are cool to look at with extra eyes and they don't bite.
I had a dream of a wolf that stood by me to guard me, it had eyes just like the wolf spider, and stood guard, which I liked in my subconscious dream mind.
The orb weavers love azaleas though.
