The female uses silk to draw leaves together to form shelters to protect the sacs containing the eggs.

[4] This spider is found in broad-leaved, mixed and coniferised woods, thickets, hedgerows and scrub.

[6][3] The separation of species and their identification in the aureolus group of the genus Philodromus within the family Philodromidae has always been difficult.

This "lumping" probably came about because of the intraspecific variation in pattern and colours, the overall similarity of the genital organs and their sympatric occurrence.

[3] In northern and central Europe this difficult taxonomy and the complexity of the group mean that cryptic species may remain undetected.