Under Your Feet

AWAKE AT NIGHT

The ground is alive with activity at night. Nocturnal

animals sleep all day and awaken when you’re in

bed. They scurry around to find food in the moonlight.

Furtive foragers

Small creatures often forage

(search) for food, such as berries,

at night. It is safer in the dark

because it’s harder for

predators to see them.

Giant centipedes

are deadly

insect hunters.

Beetles hunt

juicy caterpillars

and grubs.

Mice forage for

meals of nuts

and fruit.

Ground hunters

Ground hunters rest through the

day in damp, dark places such as

underneath rocks. They emerge at

night to hunt nocturnal foragers.

Antlion larvae

(young) dig pits

that trap ants

to eat.

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