Moth or Bug?

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

a moth, is also bugs right ;P

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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Thanks Roger