Pointy Orb Weaver
Size in total 5mm. It was hanging on a thread over a footpath in a marine mangrove/wetland habitat. Lowered to the ground it froze, ran, froze etc. Difficult to photograph. It looked like it would be an easy identification with extremely distinctive regular white markings on its backside. The pattern of those dots is rectangular, reminding of a Checkers board game. Head is very small. Legs large and front legs used to distract, pointing and moving towards approaching object. Can crawl extremely fast on the ground and on silk. No proper spider web observed. I didn't find any similar spider. Closest match was Eriophora. It would be great if some expert could chip in and I am happy to rename it. Update 24/1/2017: I think I found a decent identification that should come close to what it is. I renamed what I called Checkers-Board-Spider here into Pointy Orbweaver, following http://www.arachne.org.au. I found this spider to be present everywhere. It seems to have no proper web, but might be a camouflage hunter. I saw it walk, but it forms a rhomboid with its legs pointed forward. It does so on green plants where their presence will not go unnoticed. The white marking are there and I believe sometimes there are even red markings similar to what is shown under Red-spotted Orbweaver. This animal has white markings on its side and some white lined banding mark at the tip of its abdomen.
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