Editing Australian Alps (section)

=== Insects ===
The [[bogong moth]] seasonally migrates long distances towards and from the Australian Alps and gregariously [[Aestivation|aestivates]] in caves and other sites throughout the mountain range during the summer to avoid high temperatures and lack of larval food resources.<ref>Warrant, Eric; [[Barrie Frost|Frost, Barrie]]; Green, Ken; Mouritsen, Henrik; Dreyer, David; Adden, Andrea; Brauburger, Kristina; Heinze, Stanley (2016). [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00077/full "The Australian Bogong Moth ''Agrotis infusa'': A Long-Distance Nocturnal Navigator"]. ''Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience''. '''10'''. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]:[https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffnbeh.2016.00077 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00077]. [[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]] [https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1662-5153 1662-5153].</ref> The moth is a food source for many species living within the region, such as the endangered [[mountain pygmy possum]].<ref name=":0">Green, Ken; Broome, Linda; Heinze, Dean; Johnston, Stuart (2001). [http://www.lsln.net.au/jspui/handle/1/9521 "Long distance transport of arsenic by migrating Bogong moths from agricultural lowlands to mountain ecosystems"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125552/http://www.lsln.net.au/jspui/handle/1/9521 |date=3 October 2017}}. ''The Victorian Naturalist''. '''118''' (4): 112–116. [[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]] [https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0042-5184 0042-5184].</ref> However, the moth has also been a biovector of [[arsenic]], transporting it from lowland feeding sites over long distances into the mountains, leading to the [[bioaccumulation]] of the element in the environment and animals in the mountain range.<ref name=":0" />