Its copulatory organs help differentiate the species, particularly the furrow on the femoral apophysis of the male palpal bulb and the shallow depression in the middle of the female epigyne.

The palpal bulb has a furrow on the femoral apophysis and lacks the flange on the tegulum of other species.

[7] Examples in South Africa have a pale green tint that enable them to blend into their habitat.

The abdomen has a similar star-shaped pattern to the male, but black on a whitish background, and a light underside.

The presence of a shallow depression in the middle of epigyne and the small chambers at the start of the seminal duct are distinctive for Asemonea stella.

[15][16] It uses visual displays during courtship and transmits vibratory signals through silk to communicate to other spiders.

[17] Asemonea stella can be found in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as Australia where it has been introduced.

A female paratype was discovered close by in 1974, in hedge in open farmland about 200 m (660 ft) from the sea.

[9] The first examples from Tanzania were a female first found in 1995 in a pitfall trap in scrub of Dichrostachys plants and a male discovered amongst grass in Senegalia senegal woodland in 1996.

[18] The spider was first identified in South Africa based on a specimen from the eastern shore of Shokwe Pan in the Ndumo Game Reserve collected in 2000, which demonstrated that the species thrives amongst semiaquatic vegetation.

[11] Spiders, like Asemonea stella, can be transported by global trade networks over vast distances.