Getting the hang of it!!

[Dave McCormick]

This magnificent Hawk Moth looks like the same, or a very closely related, species as our eyed Hawk

Could be Smerinthus cerisyi, known as One-eyed Sphinx or Cerisy's Sphinx, its in the same Genus as out Eyed Hawk-Moth, Smerinthus

Finally, for the butterflies, is the White Admiral. Not sure if it's the same species we get here. It was very abundandant in the pine woodland, but I thought I was never going to get a good photo as they seem only to land infrequently, briefly, and high up! However, patience eventually paid off!

Could be the White Admiral subspecies, Limenitis arthemis arthemis, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Limen ... themis.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limenitis_ ... s_arthemis

Nice shot of it on the conifer though!

This shot also represents the only example of a Milbert's Tortoishell I saw.

Thats a nice butterfly. I have not seen one before, but it does look like a Small Tortoiseshell aberration or something

As for the Heath you found, the Large Heath has many subspecies, some known as "Ringlets" or "Common Ringlets" so it could be one of these, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Heath

SOme nice shots there and I'd agree, better if you put them in your gallery albumn to save loading time as this thread takes a while to load with all shots.

If you want to know more, see this link that is about Canadian Butterflies: http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/index_e.php