Insect tattoo ideas

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Three small black butterfly tattoos in a fine line style on a person's shoulder, with a blue sky blurred in the background.
Three butterflies on a shoulder
Traditional style butterfly tattoo in bold blues, reds, oranges and greens with black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Traditional butterfly on a forearm
Small black fine line dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with dark red painted nails, against a dark background.
Small dragonfly tattoo on the wrist
Black line drawing of a stylised bee with butterfly-like striped wings, curled antennae and a patterned abdomen on a white background.
Stylised bee with swirled antennae
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo with outlined wings on the upper back, just below the nape of the neck.
Butterfly tattoo on upper back
Small black spider tattoo on the upper chest, just above the neckline of a white t-shirt.
Black spider tattoo on upper chest
Two black and grey death's head hawkmoth tattoos in a traditional style sit on the upper arms of two people, one larger than the other.
Death's head hawkmoth on upper arm, matching pair
Black ink drawing of a dotwork-edged insect with delicate wings and a scrolled dagger, sketched on textured paper with no body placement shown.
Insect and ornate dagger design
Black and teal cicada tattoo with outlined wings, centred on the upper chest.
Cicada tattoo on the chest
Bold red and black dragonfly tattoo with stylised wings and a heart-patterned body, on the outer lower leg.
Red and black dragonfly on a lower leg
Drawn tattoo design of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a pink rose and a blue insect wing, in a realistic style on white paper.
Ribcage, pelvis and rose with blue insect wing
Coloured drawing of a dragonfly with patterned wings perched on a pink flower with a green stem, drawn as a botanical tattoo design on white paper.
Dragonfly and pink flower design
Realistic grey dragonfly tattoo with translucent wings and soft shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Small solid black dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown against a pale background.
Small dragonfly silhouette on a wrist
Black linework tattoo design on paper of a symmetrical moth flanked by two beetles, with ornate scrollwork and leaves, suited to a large back or chest piece.
Central moth with beetles and scrollwork
Realism-style tattoo of a moth with blue-shaded wings across the back of a hand, with red nail polish on the fingertips.
Realistic moth on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional tattoo of a large pink flower with green leaves and a green beetle across the back of a hand, with a tattooed forearm above.
Pink flower and beetle on the hand
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two faces overlaid on its body, set within a circle and dashed triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a spider with a blue and black diamond-shaped abdomen and yellow-dotted legs, on an arm.
Spider with diamond abdomen on an arm
Small fine line ladybird tattoo in red and black on the side of a toe, with glitter turquoise nail polish on the other toes.
Small ladybird tattoo on a toe
Small fine line black dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist, worn alongside stacked gold chain and wooden bead bracelets.
Small dragonfly tattoo on a wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a butterfly with black, tan, blue-grey and yellow wings on the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible at the edge of the frame.
Realistic butterfly on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly with orange markings and black outlines on a woman's shoulder.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder
Black ink drawing of a bee in fine hatched linework and stippled shading on white paper, beside a dip pen and ink pot.
Ink drawing of a bee with dip pen
Two photos of small black butterfly tattoos on an ankle, the left one beside an orange sandal strap and the right one above a leather chair.
Small butterfly tattoos on ankles
Fine line brown outline of a butterfly on the top of a foot near the ankle, with dark painted nails visible at the top right.
Butterfly outline on a foot
Watercolour-style dragonfly tattoo in blues, greens and pinks on a person's upper back, with the words never give up in black cursive script beneath it.
Blue and green dragonfly with script on upper back
Two small black butterflies with stippled wing detail, one larger and one smaller, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two butterflies on a forearm
Small black fine line dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside stacked beaded and chain bracelets.
Small dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with eyespot wings in teal, red, orange and brown, in a bold neo-traditional style, on the upper chest.
Colourful butterfly with eyespots on chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bee with outstretched wings on the inner forearm of a person wearing a lace top.
Small bee tattoo on a forearm
Red and black hibiscus and poppy flowers with sketchy linework and small insects, covering an upper arm and part of the shoulder.
Hibiscus and poppy flowers on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a dark purple and orange butterfly resting beside a pink thistle bloom on the side of the torso.
Realistic butterfly and thistle on the torso
Small black fine line tattoo of a bee on the upper chest of a woman in a black and white swimsuit.
Small bee tattoo on upper chest
Black ink drawing of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a peony rose and a winged insect, drawn on plain white paper as a tattoo design.
Skeleton torso with rose and insect
Small black and grey realistic moth tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a lace top visible at the left edge.
Moth tattoo on the upper chest
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a cicada above mandala and lace-like geometric patterns with flowers, shown in four panels.
Cicada and mandala full sleeve
Black and grey bee tattoo with flowers and leafy sprigs across the chest, with dotwork shading on the bee's body.
Bee and flowers across the chest
Watercolour-style dragonfly tattoo with orange, purple and blue wings and black outline on the top of a foot.
Watercolour dragonfly on a foot
Orange butterfly tattoo with black edging and a soft cast shadow, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone of a person wearing a grey top.
3D orange butterfly on upper chest
Black and grey realistic dragonfly tattoo with detailed wing veining, centred on the back of the body.
Realistic dragonfly tattoo on the back
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with pale lilac and blue wings and a purple and green body, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned beetle with spread wings on the upper thigh.
Horned beetle on the thigh
Black and grey realistic bee tattoo with poppies and wildflowers on an upper arm.
Bee and poppies on an upper arm
Dotwork anatomical heart tattoo showing two mice on a brick wall under a crescent moon and stars, in black and grey, with partial tattoos at the left edge.
Anatomical heart with two mice
Four solid black dragonfly silhouettes in a horizontal row on a white background, shown as a tattoo stencil design with no body part visible.
Four dragonflies in a row
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with fine radiating lines on the upper back, below dark hair.
Moth with geometric lines on upper back
Small red and black ladybird tattoo on the top of a big toe, beside blue nail polish with a white flower.
Small ladybird tattoo on a big toe