A small variable species. The abdomen is usually a pale green, and often brightly patterned with red, but some individuals show very little red in the pattern.

Trees, bushes and fences.

Summer - peak May to July.

Makes a small tangled web amongst foliage.

Common and widespread throughout Britain, fewer records from Wales and the south west.

Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

4297 British records to Jan 2013