To start things off - I have NOT photoshopped any of these features onto the abdomen of this spider - I was very careful to process the photos as naturally and subtly as possible as to not give a false impression to the viewer. If anything - I've gone a bit light on the processing - the "face-like" appearance was even stronger and more prominent to my eyes - it was hard to capture these subtleties with a camera flash!

A view of the spider's actual face.

Anyone know the species (or at least genus) of this little spider? I am completely stumped - I've seen a few similar orb-weavers, but nothing quite like this!