This little guy is known as a Jewel Spider, or sometimes the Crab Spider or Smiley Face Spider, among other names. The official name is a Gasteracantha cancriformis. We saw quite a few of these guys along a section of the Kalalau Trail just beyond Hanakapi'ai Beach.
This image is from the presentation "A Hawaiian Kaleidoscope - Kaua'i: the Na Pali Coast and Koke'e Park".
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