Citation:

7 G McDonald. 1995. Insect migration in an arid continent. I. The common armyworm Mythimna convecta in eastern Australia. Pages 131-150. In: Insect Migration: tracking resources through space and time. VA Drake, AG Gatehouse (editors). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge CB2 1RP, UK, 457 pages.

Keywords: outbreaks, El Niño, synoptic weather maps showing airflow, evidence of distribution changes, autumn, winter, spring, summer, evidence for migration, permanent and temporary ranges and the migrations that link them, autumn movement into the inland, late winter to summer movement out of the inland, a general perspective on migration of M. convecta and other armyworm species, M. convecta – obligate migrant?, temporary ranges, pest of pastures, return migration