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Can anybody identify this SPIDER?


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Hi there community!

Was wondering if anybody could help me identify this beautiful, bright yellow spider? Forgive the quality of the image, but I think you can still see him pretty well. 
Completely yellow spider, slightly crab shaped. Saw her a few months ago, it seemed to have disappeared, but seems she's been there all along.

I think it's a female because this leaf was folded, as if to make a little cove for her eggs, which i think is what's happening in this image. (can see that little fluff beneath her) I pulled the leaf off and quickly realised it could possibly be beneficial, so I've put the leaf back for the time being.
Is this spider beneficial? Should I leave or remove it? having little spiders hatch on my plant doesn't sound like the most appealing, unless it's here to help.

In the southern suburbs area of Cape Town if that helps.

Thanks in advance!

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i killed one of these a few years ago.... and then i googled it and i was so ashamed of myself afterwards... completely harmless beneficial spider that eats goggas that eat your plants...

its a flower spider and is a good sign

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