Few things interrupt the comfort and sense of security within a home rather as efficiently as a spider encounter at the incorrect moment, and in Canberra, where the variety and density of local spider types is shaped by the city's special position within a greatly vegetated, high-altitude environ

Canberra's bond with its natural environments forms the city's identity-- attentively developed green corridors, huge parklands, and bush reserves woven into residential areas produce a living setting that lots of capitals can just admire. Yet this intimate nearness to native plants also ensures