[3] It occurs naturally in Northern and Central Europe, including Denmark and Britain.

[8] Young spiders have a yellow-brown cephalothorax, with dark marginal and median stripes.

The green coloration is due to the bilin micromatabilin[9] and its conjugates in haemolymph, interstitial tissues and the yolk of oocytes.

[10] These characteristic huntsman spiders can be found at the edges of forests, in dry meadows, in damp woodland clearings and rides, where they prefer grass and the lower branches of trees.

Like many other spiders, they do not build a web, and hunt insects in green vegetation, where they rely on their camouflage.