A number of insects have been suggested to perform seasonal migration between low‐ and high‐altitude areas. In these insects, support for the occurrence of migration mainly came from observations that focal insects disappeared from a certain range of altitudes but appeared at different altitudes with short time lags. In some insects, further support was obtained by mark–recapture studies, analyses of the seasonal change of age structure or reproductive conditions in individuals from different altitudes and studies on dormancy or temperature tolerance. Other means that can be used to assess the occurrence of altitudinal migration are briefly mentioned. Two types of migration, the dormancy‐associated and dormancy‐independent types, are discriminated. In the former type, insects usually breed in spring, migrate to high‐altitude areas in late spring or early summer, usually for aestivation, and return to low‐altitude areas in autumn. In this type, the same individuals perform upward and downward migration. In the latter type, insects also perform upward migration in late spring or early summer and downward migration in autumn, but they breed both in low‐ and high‐altitude areas. The adaptive and evolutionary aspects of altitudinal migration are briefly mentioned.

中文翻译：

---

昆虫的高度迁移

已经提出了许多昆虫在低海拔和高海拔地区之间进行季节性迁徙。在这些昆虫中，对迁移发生的支持主要来自观察到的焦点昆虫在一定高度范围内消失，但在不同高度出现且时间间隔短。在某些昆虫中，通过标记捕获研究，对不同海拔高度个体的年龄结构或生殖条件的季节性变化进行分析以及对休眠或温度耐受性的研究获得了进一步的支持。简要提到了可用于评估高度迁移发生的其他方式。区分了两种类型的迁移：与休眠相关的迁移和与休眠无关的迁移。在前一种类型中，昆虫通常在春季繁殖，通常在春末或夏初迁徙到高海拔地区进行耕种，并在秋天移居低海拔地区。在这种类型中，同一个人执行向上和向下迁移。在后一种类型中，昆虫在春季末期或夏季初也向上迁移，而在秋季也向下迁移，但它们在低海拔和高海拔地区均繁殖。简要提到了高度迁移的适应性和进化方面。