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jumper - Bagheera prosper - male

jumper - Bagheera prosper - Male
University of Oklahoma Biological Station (UOBS), 9.3 mi sw Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA
April 28, 2012
Size: about 7 mm
Found in the vicinity of several other individuals.

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What is on its face?
These are those herbivorous spiders, right? Does that have something to do with those... what are they, proboscis? Spiders don’t have those. I need to know! These little guys are so cool!

 
Elongated chelicerae.
You're right - spiders don't have a proboscis, which is a broad term for a single elongated feeding structure (might have multiple parts though). In this case, the appendages are a pair, with each chelicera having a fang at the end. I've seen these spiders eat midges, which is probably why they hang around certain buildings with lights left on at night.

The famous herbivorous Bagheera is a different species (kiplingi), not found in our area. It is very specialized at feeding on the Beltian bodies of an acacia.

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