Like all spiders in this family, they do not have venom glands and immobilize their prey with over 140 metres of thread.

The legs range from dark grey-brown to reddish-brown, with faint, white annulations.

[4] Globally they are found in Europe, Russia, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.

The spider lives in warm, open terrain, like heathland, and weaves horizontal cribellate orb webs close to the ground.

A stabilimentum is sometimes present, and the spider hangs beneath the hub.