Females are creamy-white with a pattern of pink and yellow spots on the abdomen, and a crown of white and reddish tubercles on the head.

The easiest way to find them is to search for clusters of large, brown egg-sacs suspended among foliage; the spider will be found nearby, at day sheltering in a retreat made from rolled leaves and silk.

Like all bolas spiders, the female attracts male moths with an airborne pheromone.

Once a moth approaches, the spider senses it coming due to vibration sensitive hairs on its outstretched legs.

The egg-sacs are up to 5 cm long; one spider produces up to nine sacs per season, each with several hundred eggs.