Nocturnal

The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.

The moonlight that it stores in the wings on its back apparently gives it the ability to float in midair.

Though rarely seen, it becomes easier to spot, for some reason, on the night of a full moon.

On every night of a full moon, groups of this POKéMON come out to play. When dawn arrives, the tired CLEFAIRY return to their quiet mountain retreats and go to sleep nestled up against each other.

On every night of a full moon, they come out to play. When dawn arrives, the tired CLEFAIRY go to sleep nestled up against each other in deep and quiet mountains.

It flies using the wings on its back to collect moonlight. This Pokémon is difficult to find.

On nights with a full moon, Clefairy gather from all over and dance. Bathing in moonlight makes them float.

Bathed in moonlight, its wings glow faintly. Without even flapping, Clefairy rises into the air, where it dances around.

It can be found in quiet mountain areas on a full moon's night. Its dancing and its tiny, faintly glowing wings confer upon it a lovely fairylike quality.

It has no eyes. Instead, it relies on its ultrasonic cries for echo location to flit about in darkness.

It has no eyes. Instead, it relies on its ultrasonic cries for echolocation to flit about in darkness.

GOLBAT loves to drink the blood of living things. It is particularly active in the pitch black of night. This POKéMON flits around in the night skies, seeking fresh blood.

Its fangs easily puncture even thick animal hide. It loves to feast on the blood of people and POKéMON. It flits about in darkness and strikes from behind.

It loves the blood of humans and Pokémon. It flies around at night in search of neck veins.

Once it starts sucking blood, it does not stop until it is full. It flies at night in search of prey.

Flitting around in the dead of night, it sinks its fangs into its prey and drains a nearly fatal amount of blood.

During the day, it keeps its face buried in the ground. At night, it wanders around sowing its seeds.

Awakened by moonlight, it roams actively at night. In the day, it stays quietly underground.

If exposed to moonlight, it starts to move. It roams far and wide at night to scatter its seeds.

During the day, it stays in the cold underground to avoid the sun. It grows by bathing in moonlight.

This POKéMON grows by absorbing moonlight. During the daytime, it buries itself in the ground, leaving only its leaves exposed to avoid detection by its enemies.

Its scientific name is “Oddium Wanderus.” At night, it is said to walk nearly 1,000 feet on its two roots.

It often plants its root feet in the ground during the day and sows seeds as it walks about at night.

Lives in the shadows of tall trees where it eats insects. It is attracted by light at night.

Its eyes also function as radar units. It catches and eats small bugs that hide in darkness.

Poison oozes from all over its body. It catches and eats small bugs at night that are attracted by light.

The small bugs it eats appear only at night, so it sleeps in a hole in a tree until night falls.

Its eyes act as radar, enabling it to be active in darkness. The eyes can also shoot powerful beams.

Lives in the shadows of tall trees where it eats bugs. It is attracted by light at night.

Its big eyes are actually clusters of tiny eyes. At night, its kind is drawn by light.

VENOMOTH is nocturnal - it is a POKéMON that only becomes active at night. Its favorite prey are small insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.

VENOMOTH are nocturnal--they only are active at night. Their favorite prey are insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.

Venomoth is nocturnal—it is a Pokémon that only becomes active at night. Its favorite prey are small insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.

Appears to be more active at night. It loves round and shiny things. It can't stop from picking them up.

All it does is sleep during the daytime. At night, it patrols its territory with its eyes aglow.

It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny, its eyes glitter brightly.

It lies around all day, becoming active near dusk. At night, it wanders the city in search of loose change.

Appears to be more active at night. It loves round and shiny things. It can’t stop itself from picking them up.

It sleeps under shallow ocean waters during the day, then looks for food at night when it's cold.

In total darkness, where nothing is visible, HAUNTER lurks, silently stalking its next victim.

HAUNTER is a dangerous POKéMON. If one beckons you while floating in darkness, you must never approach it. This POKéMON will try to lick you with its tongue and steal your life away.

If a HAUNTER beckons you while it is floating in darkness, don’t approach it. This POKéMON will try to lick you with its tongue and steal your life away.

If you get the feeling of being watched in darkness when nobody is around, HAUNTER is there.

It licks with its gaseous tongue to steal the victim’s life force. It lurks in darkness for prey.

It strikes at humans from total darkness. Those licked by its cold tongue grow weaker with each passing day until they die.

It fears the light and revels in the dark. It may be on the verge of extinction in cities that stay brightly lit at night.

Hiding in people's shadows at night, it absorbs their heat. The chill it causes makes the victims shake.

Sometimes, on a dark night, your shadow thrown by a streetlight will suddenly and startlingly overtake you. It is actually a GENGAR running past you, pretending to be your shadow.

Deep in the night, your shadow cast by a streetlight may suddenly overtake you. It is actually a GENGAR running past you, pretending to be your shadow.

It is said to emerge from darkness to steal the lives of those who become lost in mountains.

On the night of a full moon, if shadows move on their own and laugh, it must be GENGAR’s doing.

The leer that floats in darkness belongs to a GENGAR delighting in casting curses on people.

Hiding in people’s shadows at night, it absorbs their heat. The chill it causes makes the victims shake.

There are some Hypno that assist doctors with patients who can’t sleep at night in hospitals.

At night, it weeps loudly for its dead mother, but those cries only attract its natural enemy—Mandibuzz.

WEEZING loves the gases given off by rotted kitchen garbage. This POKéMON will find a dirty, unkempt house and make it its home. At night, when the people in the house are asleep, it will go through the trash.

At night, the center of its body slowly flickers with the same rhythm as a human heartbeat.

When the stars twinkle at night, it floats up from the sea floor, and its body's center core flickers.

STARYU apparently communicates with the stars in the night sky by flashing the red core at the center of its body. If parts of its body are torn, this POKéMON simply regenerates the missing pieces and limbs.

It gathers with others in the night and makes its red core glow on and off with the twinkling stars. It can regenerate limbs if they are severed from its body.

It appears in large numbers by seashores. At night, its central core flashes with a red light.

At night, the middle of its body slowly flickers with the same rhythm as a human heartbeat.

Large numbers of these Pokémon make their home at the seaside. At night, a strange red glow radiates from the center of their bodies.

People in ancient times imagined that STARMIE were transformed from the reflections of stars that twinkled on gentle waves at night.

At the center of its body is a red core, which sends mysterious radio signals into the night sky.

NOCTOWL never fails at catching prey in darkness. This POKéMON owes its success to its superior vision that allows it to see in minimal light, and to its soft, supple wings that make no sound in flight.

It unfailingly catches prey in darkness. NOCTOWL owe their success to superior vision that allows them to see in minimal light, and to their supple and silent wings.

Its eyes are specially developed to enable it to see clearly even in murky darkness and minimal light.

With eyes that can see in pitch-darkness, it never lets its prey escape. Some even call it “the emperor of dark nights.”

When the stars flicker in the night sky, it flutters about, scattering a glowing powder.

The star patterns on its back grow larger or smaller depending on the number of stars in the night sky.

It uses starlight as energy. When more stars appear at night, the patterns on its back grow larger.

The spot patterns on its back grow larger or smaller depending on the number of stars in the night sky.

It’s said that the patterns on its back are related to the stars in the night sky, but the details of that relationship remain unclear.

It flies through the night sky, sprinkling sparkly dust. According to some, if that dust sticks to you, good things will happen to you.

Rather than making a nest in one specific spot, it wanders in search of food after darkness falls.

Every night, it wanders around in search of prey, whose movements it restrains by spewing threads before it bites into them with its fangs.

It spews threads from its mouth to catch its prey. When night falls, it leaves its web to go hunt aggressively.

Having four wings enables it to fly faster and more quietly. It turns active when the night comes.

Its two antennae glow softly to lure in prey, making it a useful Pokémon for night fishing.

LANTURN is known to emit light. If you peer down into the dark sea from a ship at night, you can sometimes see this POKéMON’s light rising from the depths where it swims. It gives the sea an appearance of a starlit night.

The light-emitting orbs on its back are very bright. They are formed from a part of its dorsal fin. This POKéMON illuminates the inky darkness of deep seas.

Should you peer into the ocean at night and see a light shining like the stars, that is Lanturn.

When numerous meteors illuminate the night sky, sightings of CLEFFA strangely increase.

On nights with many shooting stars, CLEFFA can be seen dancing in a ring. They dance through the night and stop only at the break of day, when these POKéMON quench their thirst with the morning dew.

Many appear when the night skies are filled with shooting stars. They disappear with sunrise.

It is often seen when shooting stars fill the night skies. It’s said to arrive riding on a shooting star.

In silhouette, they resemble twinkling starlight. When shooting stars rain from the night sky, Cleffa gather in numbers and dance as though they are indeed incarnations of the stars.

When darkness falls, the rings on the body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.

On the night of a full moon, or when it gets excited, the ring patterns on its body glow yellow.

UMBREON evolved as a result of exposure to the moon’s waves. It hides silently in darkness and waits for its foes to make a move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack.

UMBREON evolved from exposure to the moon’s energy pulses. It lurks in darkness and waits for its foes to move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack.

When darkness falls, the rings on its body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.

The light of the moon changed EEVEE’s genetic structure. It lurks in darkness for prey.

With its black fur, it blends into the darkness. It bides its time, and when prey appears, this Pokémon goes for its throat, and then eats it.

This Pokémon is nocturnal. Even in total darkness, its large eyes can spot its prey clearly!

It lurks in the dark of night looking for prey. At the moment it pounces, the rings on its body glow dimly but ominously.

It is most active in the wee hours of the night, when moonlight bathes the land. Its large eyes can pierce the darkness and perceive prey with absolute clarity.

Feared and loathed by many, it is believed to bring misfortune to all those who see it at night.

It is believed that seeing this Pokémon at night will bring about ominous occurrences.

It likes playing mischievous tricks such as screaming and wailing to startle people at night.

It loves to sneak up on people late at night, then startle them with its shrieklike cry.

It gets nourishment from fear that it absorbs into its red orbs. In daytime, it sleeps in darkness.

A Pokémon that startles people in the middle of the night. It gathers fear as its energy.

It likes playing mischievous tricks, such as screaming and wailing to startle people at night.

It conceals itself in darkness, sending chills up travelers' spines with its childlike weeping. As it observes the frightened travelers with glee, the red orbs upon its chest let off an eerie light.

To keep its pitch- black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness. It is never first to attack.

In order to conceal its black tail, it lives in a dark cave and only moves about at night.

To keep its pitch-black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness. It is never first to attack.

It chews its way through boulders with its sturdy jaws. Its eyes can see in the darkness underground.

This cunning POKéMON hides under the cover of darkness, waiting to attack its prey.

It blends into the dark of night to ambush its prey. Sneasel will attack Sandshrew, but its hard skin can cause Sneasel’s claws to snap off.

It is said to be the guardian of the seas. It is rumored to have been seen on the night of a storm.

It is a nocturnal POKéMON that flies from fields and mountains to the attraction of streetlights at night. It looses highly toxic powder from its wings.

It scatters horribly toxic dust when it senses danger. They tend to gather in the glow of streetlamps at night.

A nocturnal Pokémon. Drawn by streetlights, they messily eat the leaves of trees lining boulevards.

Toxic powder is scattered with each flap. At night, it is known to strip leaves off trees lining boulevards.

It scatters its fine dust all over when it is attacked. It is a nocturnal Pokémon.

It lives at the water’s edge where it is sunny. It sleeps on a bed of water grass by day and becomes active at night.

LOMBRE is nocturnal - it will get active after dusk. It is also a mischief-maker. When this POKéMON spots anglers, it tugs on their fishing lines from beneath the surface and enjoys their consternation.

It is nocturnal and becomes active at nightfall. It feeds on aquatic mosses that grow in the riverbed.

It lives at the water’s edge where it is sunny. It sleeps on a bed of water-grass by day and becomes active at night.

Lombre is nocturnal—it will get active after dusk. It is also a mischief maker. When this Pokémon spots anglers, it tugs on their fishing lines from beneath the surface and enjoys their consternation.

NINCADA lives underground for many years in complete darkness. This POKéMON absorbs nutrients from the roots of trees. It stays motionless as it waits for evolution.

It makes its nest at the roots of a mighty tree. Using its whiskerlike antennae, it probes its surroundings in the pitch-black darkness of soil.

Rather than keeping a permanent lair, it habitually seeks comfortable spots and sleeps there. It is nocturnal and becomes active at dusk.

SABLEYE lead quiet lives deep inside caverns. They are feared, however, because these POKéMON are thought to steal the spirits of people when their eyes burn with a sinister glow in the darkness.

It digs branching holes in caves using its sharp claws in search of food--raw gems. A SABLEYE lurks in darkness and is seen only rarely.

It feeds on gemstone crystals. In darkness, its eyes sparkle with the glitter of jewels.

It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.

It dwells in the darkness of caves. It uses its sharp claws to dig up gems to nourish itself.

With the arrival of night, VOLBEAT emits light from its tail. It communicates with others by adjusting the intensity and flashing of its light. This POKéMON is attracted by the sweet aroma of ILLUMISE.

VOLBEAT’s tail glows like a lightbulb. With other VOLBEAT, it uses its tail to draw geometric shapes in the night sky. This POKéMON loves the sweet aroma given off by ILLUMISE.

With their taillights lit, VOLBEAT fly in a swarm, drawing geometric designs in the night sky. They move their nests if their pond water becomes dirty.

It lives around clean ponds. At night, its rear lights up. It converses with others by flashing its light.

It communicates with others by lighting up its rear at night. It loves ILLUMISE’s sweet aroma.

With its sweet aroma, it guides Volbeat to draw signs with light in the night sky.

ILLUMISE attracts a swarm of VOLBEAT using a sweet fragrance. Once the VOLBEAT have gathered, this POKéMON leads the lit-up swarm in drawing geometric designs on the canvas of the night sky.

ILLUMISE leads a flight of illuminated VOLBEAT to draw signs in the night sky. This POKéMON is said to earn greater respect from its peers by composing more complex designs in the sky.

A nocturnal POKéMON that becomes active upon nightfall. It leads a VOLBEAT swarm to draw patterns in the night sky. Over 200 different patterns have been confirmed.

It guides VOLBEAT to draw signs in night skies. There are scientists that study the patterns it creates.

Its fragrance attracts a swarm of VOLBEAT, so they draw over 200 patterns in the night sky.

During the daytime, CACTURNE remains unmoving so that it does not lose any moisture to the harsh desert sun. This POKéMON becomes active at night when the temperature drops.

If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, CACTURNE will follow in a ragtag group. The POKéMON are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.

After spending thousands of years in harsh deserts, its blood transformed into the same substances as sand. It is nocturnal, so it hunts at night.

It lives in deserts. It becomes active at night when it hunts for prey exhausted from the desert’s heat.

It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day’s desert heat.

It becomes very active on the night of a full moon. This POKéMON was first discovered 40 years ago at the site of a meteor strike.

The phase of the moon apparently has some effect on its power. It’s active on the night of a full moon.

Mysteriously, it can foretell earthquakes. In the daytime, it sleeps in mud at the bottom of a pond. When it awakens, it continually feeds throughout the night.

This POKéMON roams about deep in the night seeking such negative emotions as grudges and envy. It retreats to its nest when the sun begins to rise.

It uses its horn to feed on envy and malice, or so it’s said. It’s very active at night.

It uses its horn to feed on envy and malice-- or so it’s said. It’s very active at night.

DUSKULL wanders lost among the deep darkness of midnight. There is an oft- told admonishment given to misbehaving children that this POKéMON will spirit away bad children who earn scoldings from their mothers.

A glare from its single scarlet eye makes even burly grown-ups freeze in utter fear. It is a nocturnal POKéMON that roams about under the cloak of darkness.

Duskull wanders lost among the deep darkness of midnight. There is an oft-told admonishment given to misbehaving children that this Pokémon will spirit away bad children who earn scoldings from their mothers.

They tend to move about in groups of around five SNORUNT. In snowy regions, it is said that when they are seen late at night, snowfall will arrive by morning.

It flutters around at night and steals honey from the COMBEE hive.

Becoming active at night, it is known to swarm with numerous MURKROW in tow.

If one utters a deep cry, many MURKROW gather quickly. For this, it is called “Summoner of Night.”

A single cry from this nocturnal Pokémon, and more than a hundred of its Murkrow cronies will assemble.

One cry from this Pokémon, and a murder of Murkrow come flying. At such times, one would think the curtain of night had fallen, plunging the world into jet-black darkness.

Its body is lithe yet powerful. It can crest three mountains and cross two canyons in one night.

They communicate with one another using their auras. They are able to run all through the night.

It’s tough enough to run right through the night, and it’s also a hard worker, but it’s still just a youngster.

It’s exceedingly energetic, with enough stamina to keep running all through the night. Taking it for walks can be a challenging experience.

After long exposure to sunlight, the patterns on its tail fins shine vividly when darkness arrives.

The line running down its side can store sunlight. It shines vividly at night.

Swimming and fluttering its two tail fins, it looks like a BEAUTIFLY. At night, the patterns on its tail fins softly shine.

When night falls, their pink patterns begin to shine. They’re popular with divers, so there are resorts that feed them to keep them close.

It lures in prey with its shining tail fins. It stays near the surface during the day and moves to the depths when night falls.

LUMINEON swimming in the darkness of the deep sea look like stars shining in the night sky.

They traverse the deep waters as if crawling over the seafloor. The fantastic lights of its fins shine like stars in the night sky.

Uses its gleaming fins to hunt its prey. The view of Lumineon schooling near the surface of the sea at night is breathtaking— it's as though there were shining stars right there.

Three units generate magnetism. There have been many mistaken reports of UFO sightings when Magnezone flies through the night sky.

Cresselia is reminiscent of the crescent moon. It leaves a brilliant line of light in its wake as it flies across the night sky. I daresay it resembles the heavenly maiden who created the Milky Way.

On a moonless night, a strange incident occurred in which every one of a village's inhabitants suffered nightmares. The villagers attested that Darkrai appeared before them in these nightmares.

Their beautiful form comes from the muscles they have developed. They run silently in the night.

Late at night, it appears beside people’s pillows. As it feeds on dreams, the patterns on its body give off a faint glow.

The special membrane covering its eyes can sense the heat of objects, so it can see its surroundings even in darkness.

Protected by thin membranes, their eyes can see even in the dead of night. They live in groups of a few individuals.

Thanks to the special membrane covering its eyes, it can see its surroundings clearly, even in the middle of the night.

Krokorok has specialized eyes that enable it to see in the dark. This ability lets Krokorok hunt in the dead of night without getting lost.

Although this Pokémon has specialized eyes that allow it to see in the dark, Krokorok won’t move much at night—the desert gets cold after sunset.

It wanders through ruins by night, carrying a mask that’s said to have been the face it had when it was still human.

Starlight is the source of their power. At night, they mark star positions by using psychic power to float stones.

It’s said that when stars shine in the night sky, this Pokémon will spirit away sleeping children. Some call it the Witch of Punishment.

They store up electricity to fly through the air. When thunder cracks at night, sometimes there are almost enough of them to blot out the sky.

They use their large ears to dig burrows. They will dig the whole night through.

It excels at digging holes. Using its ears, it can dig a nest 33 feet deep in one night.

It lived in cold areas in ancient times. It’s said that when Amaura whinnies, auroras appear in the night sky.

Aurorus was restored from a fossil. It’s said that when this Pokémon howls, auroras appear in the night sky.

Flying through the darkness, it weakens enemies with ultrasonic waves that could crush stone. Its fangs finish the fight.

This wary Pokémon uses photosynthesis to store up energy during the day, while becoming active at night.

During the day, it builds up energy via photosynthesis. At night, it flies silently through the sky, on the prowl for prey.

During the day, it sleeps and soaks up light. When night falls, it walks around looking for a safer place to sleep.

During the day, Fomantis basks in sunlight and sleeps peacefully. It wakes and moves around at night.

As it drowses the day away, it nourishes itself by sucking from tree roots. It wakens at the fall of night, wandering off in search of a new tree.

It scatters its shining spores around itself. Even though they’re dangerous, nighttime tours of forests where Morelull live are popular.

It likes damp dark places. When night falls, the spores filling the caps of its mushrooms glow.

Forests where Shiinotic live are treacherous to enter at night. People confused by its strange lights can never find their way home again.

If you see a light deep in a forest at night, don’t go near. Shiinotic will make you fall fast asleep.

Said to live in another world, this Pokémon devours light, drawing the moonless dark veil of night over the brightness of day.

It steals the light from its surroundings and then becomes the full moon, showering its own light across the night sky.

As it dashes through the night, Spectrier absorbs the life-force of sleeping creatures. It craves silence and solitude.