Salticid ID anyone?

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Arachnoprince
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This little mustard yellow Salticid was found in Montana. I found it on mosquito trapping equipment while doing some research out in Townsend this Summer. It either rode all the way back from Townsend with me or found its way into the truck bed in Bozeman. I've kept it in a kritter keeper in my room but I don't think it has eaten since I captured it. It shares its house with some silverfish. Does anyone want to take a shot at trying to ID it to genus or species?

ETA: Could this be Phidippus apacheanus? It doesn't have the characteristic blue chelicerae that many Phidippus species have.
Edit again: Nevermind, it does have the blue chelicerae. Definitely Phidippus genus, I'm going with apacheanus yellow phase. Haha, all I had to do was make a post asking for an ID after trying to figure it out for ages!

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