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@sea-kangaroo I'm not positive if this is the Ascyltus pterygodes, but I'm sure I saw the same spider as you. I did a lot of research to try and figure out what kind it was but couldn't find anything definitive. What I found out for sure is that the Ascyltus pterygodes is in the Salticidae (jumping spider) family, and that it lives the Big Island. The only other jumping spiders that live on the Big Island are the Hasarius adansoni and four varieties of Sandalodes. Follow this link and check out page 673.
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/6(4)-665.pdf
Thanks for the link (and research)! I think you're right; the other species don't look like matches at all, plus that paper has Ascyltus penicillatus as a former synonym for A. pterygodes, and Ascyltus penicillatus nowadays is Mopsus mormon, which has a similar shape and is also pretty big.
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