Moth or Bug?

[Oldman]

Can someone ID for me please. It flew into my bedroom.
Cheers

[Sky Blue]

a moth, is also bugs right

[hkmoths]

The photo is of a tiger moth (Arctiidae) species.

As to whether one call a moth a bug - that's very much a colloquial thing. For example, most Americans tend to call any adult insect a "bug", and larval stages "worms" irrespective of the insect's actual taxonomic standing.
A bug in the strict sense (Hemiptera) is an insect which has the forewing modified as a hard case (like beetles) and has mouthparts modified for sucking (unlike beetles, which have chewing mouthparts).

hope this helps.

Roger.

[Oldman]

The photo is of a tiger moth (Arctiidae) species.

As to whether one call a moth a bug - that's very much a colloquial thing. For example, most Americans tend to call any adult insect a "bug", and larval stages "worms" irrespective of the insect's actual taxonomic standing.
A bug in the strict sense (Hemiptera) is an insect which has the forewing modified as a hard case (like beetles) and has mouthparts modified for sucking (unlike beetles, which have chewing mouthparts).

hope this helps.

Roger.

Thanks Roger