These are some of the  most common predators in Los Angeles, California and Sarasota Florida. Most of the pictures have been taken in West Los Angeles College and Kenneth Hahn State Park. The equipment used was an Eos Elan 7e, Eos D60, 105 mm Sigma EX macro, twin lite macro flash  24 MT EX, and teleconverter for shots around  1:1.  Click on any thumbnail  to see the picture's setting and information.