Insect tattoo ideas

421 photos and flash · 23% Fine line, 20% Realism · Forearm most common

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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 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
Black line drawing of an ornamental butterfly design with swirling filigree wings and dotted detailing, shown on a white background.
Ornamental butterfly tattoo design
Geometric beetle drawing with crystal shapes and dotwork shading, inked on a tan leather panel.
Geometric beetle design on leather
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing five moth designs with bold outlines and dotwork shading, taped to a brown card background.
Five moths on a flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a bee with a small crown above its head, rendered in stippled dotwork shading on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bee with a crown in stippled ink
Black ink line drawing of a detailed moth with wings spread, above a vertical stack of geometric solids and a small formula, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Moth above stacked geometric solids
Black ink dotwork drawing of a symmetrical moth with spread wings, overlaid on interlocking triangles, with a small symbol below, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Moth with geometric triangles design
Black and grey pencil-style tattoo flash drawing of a lantern with a glowing flame, a moth, leaves and flowers, with dotted linework around the border.
Lantern, moth and leaves design
Black ink drawing of an ornate moth design with dotted patterns and dangling beaded chains on the wings, shown as a flash sketch with no placement on the body.
Ornamental moth design in black ink
Black ink dotwork drawing of a honeybee with stippled shading, set on a hexagonal honeycomb grid, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Honeybee over a honeycomb grid
Gold and black line drawing of a bee with honeycomb and floral patterns across its wings, head and abdomen, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Honeycomb and floral bee design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a bee with outspread wings and honeycomb patterns across its head, thorax and abdomen, shown on a white background.
Dotwork bee with honeycomb details
Dotwork drawing of a moth with spread wings set within overlapping outline triangles, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Moth within overlapping geometric triangles
Black ink dotwork drawing of a butterfly with open wings on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Stippled butterfly design
Four black and grey butterfly designs stacked vertically on a white background, with detailed wing veining and stippled dot shading.
Four butterfly designs in black ink