Help identify this bug

Factual Questions
1

I’d title this “what kind of bug is this?” but I already asked that a few years back house centipede, I guess I should have minored in entomology! So, can anyone help me ID this bug I found in the garden center at Home Depot? I took a picture with my phone, and because I don’t pay the internet connection fees I took a picture of my phone with my digital camera :slight_smile:

bug in question

It was pretty big, about 1 inch long. I was thinking a cicada, but none are that coloring that I’ve seen. As a child I used to catch minnows, and there’d always be a black and white spotted one among the group, maybe black/white spots are some sort of recessive trait?

2

Looks to me like it could be some kind of Arctiid moth (family Arctiidae). The one in the image seems to be a different species from yours.

It’s definitely not a cicada.

3

Another vote for moth. They have big hairy featthery bulging heads, and cicada’s have bald heads. Also, cicada’s have clear wings, and this seems to be a more butterfly-like wing, as it is powdered and colored.

4

I never thought of a moth because it didn’t look too fuzzy, but that is dead on! Thanks for the detective work!