During the day, these spiders usually hide in partially rolled up leaves, and at night remain suspended head down on the web. They prefer to make their webs in tree canopies, and are found in open woodland habitats. Its range is largely circum-Caribbean, occurring in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas along the Gulf Coast of the United States; Mexico; Central America; the Greater and Lesser Antilles; Bahamas; and Colombia and Venezuela in northern South America.
This species feeds on various insects and other small arthropods.
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