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Unidentified Salticid - Ghelna - male

Unidentified Salticid - Ghelna - Male
Bixby (south of Tulsa), Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Size: ~ 6mm body length
Unknown Salticid found while riding on a hay wagon helping my parents pick up hay for our horses. Was in the loose hay on the bottom of the trailer (and we were driving on the road at the time!) Captured and photographed later in captivity. I have absolutely no clue as to genus or species on this one, although I'm fairly certain it's a male.

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Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.

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Moved from Phidippus whitmani.

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Moved from Phidippus.

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Moved from Jumping Spiders.

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Moved from ID Request.

 
OK, now this is REALLY driving me crazy!
On Saturday, during a hike along the Central New York Link Trail, I saw what I believe was this same species. Of course I can't verify it because I experienced an extremely frustrating missed photo op: I kept my eye on the spider as I was unstrapping my pack and removing the camera from the bag, but during the moment when I glanced at the camera to turn it on and set the mode dial, the spider vanished.

I distinctly remember that it was this same orangeish-brindle color, that it had small white markings on the dorsal opisthosoma like this one, and the prominent posterior lateral eyes. The one difference between this one and my memory is that the one I saw looked quite grey in front because of all the grey hairs on its front legs.

If anyone has information on this spider I would greatly appreciate hearing about it. "The one that got away" really sticks in my craw.

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