Diurnal
Species that live by daylight: they hunt, feed and move about during the day.
What it means
Activity pattern describes which part of the day a species is active in, and it is one of the traits that most determines when you can hope to see it. A diurnal species uses the light to hunt by sight, display to rivals or pick out fruit and flowers by colour, and it usually rests once the sun goes down. It is not a rigid rule: many adjust their hours to the season, the heat or pressure from predators, and some shift to twilight where there is heavy human activity.
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