Table 2 Mean biting rate for each time period of catch as predicted by GLMM

Early night

18:00–21:00 h

3.9 ± 0.72

Early night vs Late night: P = 0.2472;

Early night vs Predawn: P < 0.0001;

Late night

21:00–00:00 h

2.8 ± 0.53

Early night vs Dawn: P < 0.0001;

Late night vs Predawn: P = 0.0024;

Predawn

00:00–03:00 h

1.4 ± 0.29

Late night vs Dawn: P < 0.0001;

Predawn vs Dawn: P = 0.0011

Dawn

03:00–06:00 h

0.7 ± 0.11