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1 — Migration.- Hormonal Control of Insect Migratory Behavior.- The Evolution and Ecology of Flight: The “Oceanographic” Approach.- 2 — Diapause, Development, and Phenology.- Evolution of Phenological Strategies in Insects: A Comparative Approach with Eco-physiological and Genetic Considerations.- Seasonal and Latitudinal Adaptations in the Life Cycles of Crickets.- Variability in Diapause Attributes of Insects and Mites: Some Evolutionary and Practical Implications.- Phenological Adaptation and the Polymodal Emergence Patterns of Insects.- Phenology and Photoperiodic Diapause in Northern Populations of Drosophila.- Fitness Variation in a Natural Population.- 3 — Migration, Diapause, and Life Histories.- Migration, Diapause, and Direct Development as Alternative Life Histories in a Seed Bug, Neacoryphus bicrucis.- Wing Dimorphism and Diapause in Gerris: Determination and Adaptive Significance.- Migration and Diapause in Tropical, Temperate, and Island Milkweed Bugs.- Escape in Space and Time — Concluding Remarks.