The female has chevron-shaped dark markings on the abdomen and her color varies through shades of green and brown with characteristic red or orange flashes on the legs.

The mature male is sexually dimorphic, colored a more uniform grey or brown, the body appearing smaller in comparison to the diagonal leg span, reaching five inches (12 cm) on average.

[1] Spiderlings of this species are very opportunistic and will usually create a home in a small crevice hidden with a silken blanket covered in soil.

Arboreal tarantulas live singly in specially constructed silken tube webs or in crevices, behind loose bark or among epiphytic plants.

[2] The Trinidad chevron tarantula hunts bats, frogs, lizards, grasshoppers, mice, crickets, and other insects.