This spider, reaching a length of 6 mm (excluding legs), they have translucent legs and the globular abdomen is extremely variable in colour and pattern: the background colour is usually white, cream or green and can be marked with a row of dark spots, a broad red stripe or with two red stripes in a v-shape.

Their coloration can usually be categorized in 3 variations "Lineata" with plant yellow or cream opisthosoma.

To the naked eye, they are basically indistinguishable from E. latimana, which can only be distinguished by the male palpal bulb and the epigyne of females, in mature spiders.

[1] It is native to Europe and has also been introduced to North America, and it is notably found in Lithuania.

This is secreted within a rolled-up leaf fastened with silk and the female guards it until the eggs hatch.