At 12 mm (female), this is one of Australia's larger jumping spiders, and very common in Queensland.

The males are strikingly coloured and decorated with long white "side whiskers", which rise to a peak surmounted by a topknot of black hairs.

[2] Females lack the whiskers and topknot, but instead feature a red and white "mask".

If she is away from her nest, a type of courtship common with many other species is observed.

If she is found at a nest, probing and other behaviours similar to Phidippus johnsoni occur.