A forum member of insektenfotos.de from Tirol reported
her first Har.axy. this year too. I seem to remember her meadow/garden is at 1100m, but cant's seem to find it now to double-check.
On the
forum at naturamediterraneo.com there are regular accounts of
Har.axy. in (northern?) Italy at least since spring 2007. Not sure if they came in via the south of France, over the Alps (aided by trucks from NW-Europe?), or by some other route though.
From the French maps I would gather that busy human transport routes would at least have some function in helping the critters get a move on
Cheers, Arp