The body is brown; the abdomen may be paler with a darker, rib-like pattern on the upper surface.

[3] The spiders are found in southern Victoria in tall open forest habitats.

[2] Both males and females dig individual silk-lined burrows, up to 40 cm deep in soft earth, with silk threads radiating from the entrances.

They ambush insects and other small prey at night from the burrow entrances which, despite the common name, do not have trapdoors.

During autumn and early winter, males leave their burrows and wander widely in search of mates.