All Things Nocturnal
Nocturnal animals are animals that are active during this time of day.
What is night?
This nocturnal animal has a black mask and is often seen foraging in neighborhoods.
What is a raccoon?
This nocturnal raptor uses its silent wings to hunt at night.
This nocturnal, venomous snake has red, yellow, and black stripes.
What is the coral snake?
These flying, glowing bugs can be found around Florida's wetlands.
What is a firefly?
Nocturnal animals have some of these special adaptations for nocturnal living.
What are large eyes for low-light vision, heightened sense of smell, and larger ears for hearing?
This nocturnal mammal is Florida's state animal.
What is the Florida Panther?
This species of owl is a ground-dweller.
What is a burrowing owl?
This Florida native amphibian is often mistaken for the invasive Cuban treefrog.
What is the Green treefrog?
This nocturnal invertebrate glows under UV light.
What is a scorpion?
This is the opposite of nocturnal.
This nocturnal mammal is the only mammal that is able to fly.
What is a bat?
These nocturnal hunters regurgitate the remains of their prey as pellets.
What is an owl?
This nocturnal snake species is also commonly known as a corn snake.
What is a red rat snake?
What is the luna moth?
This percentage of mammals are nocturnal.
What is 70%?
This nocturnal mammal has a hard outer layer that acts as armor.
What is an armadillo?
What is a night heron?
This Florida rattlesnake is typically active at night during the summer months to avoid the heat.
What is the eastern diamondback?
These nocturnal hunters have many eyes that reflect light and create a sparkling effect.
What is a wolf spider?
This may be a reason why more animals are becoming nocturnal.
What is human interaction/activity?
This nocturnal mammal has a long, prehensile tail and is North America's only marsupial.
What is an opossum?
This nocturnal bird will create a booming sound to divert threats by diving towards the ground.
What is a nighthawk?
This nocturnal amphibian produces a toxin when threatened and also coats their eggs in toxin.
What is the southern toad?
This nocturnal invertebrate is great at camouflage and creates a loud song at night that sounds like its name.
What is a katydid?