[2] This species is highly sexually dimorphic, with males and females differing in morphology.

[1][4] In the original species description, these markings are inaccurately described as white from the aged bleached specimens in ethanol.

Females are more cryptic in color with a mottled brown and black pattern and light yellow-orange markings.

In the wild, they have been observed eating a variety of insect prey (e.g., wētā, flies, beetles, dragonflies, caterpillars, adult moths, stink bugs, and cockroaches), spiders, and other invertebrates (e.g., amphipods), both captured live and scavenged.

[2] New Zealand harvestmen are eaten by various vertebrate species, including introduced mammals (possums, hedgehogs, rats, stoats), bats, birds, frogs, tuatara, and fish (kōaro).