[1] Unlike the redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii), the bright red colouration does not appear to warn of significant danger to humans.

The sac is plano-convex in shape, consisting of white fluffy silk, placed in a sheltered area such as under bark.

[3] These spiders tend to wave their forelegs in the air while walking, and the males tap the ground with their palps.

The most recent being in 1995, after a revision of the family Nicodamidae, when the name Centropelma bicolorwas synonymised with Nicodamus peregrinus.

[1] Walckenaer's original specific epithet peregrinum refers to the wandering nature of the spider.