Insect tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly with patterned wings and a segmented body, shown as a tattoo flash design on a white background.
Ornamental dragonfly line drawing
Colour tattoo of five monarch butterflies in a diagonal line across the lower back, with black outlines and orange wings.
Monarch butterflies down the lower back
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird, orange lily and blue butterfly with green leaves on an upper arm, in a realistic botanical style.
Hummingbird, lily and butterfly on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with orange, black-striped wings and a purple body, spread across a woman's upper chest.
Dragonfly across the upper chest
Close crop of a greyscale shaded dragonfly tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of grey jeans.
Dragonfly tattoo above the hip
Black ink line drawing of a geometric bee with angular, hatched wings and body, shown on a white background.
Geometric bee line drawing
Colour butterfly tattoo with black outlines and orange, red and yellow wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a bee with translucent grey wings and a yellow and black striped abdomen on the forearm.
Bee tattoo on the forearm
Black ink drawing of a bumblebee with hatched shading on its body and veined wings, with a small letter B beneath it on textured white paper.
Ink bee drawing with the letter B
Realistic bumblebee tattoo with a ring of dots on an upper back, shaded in yellow, black and grey.
Bumblebee with dotted circle on upper back
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo framed by ornate scrollwork and dotwork geometric patterns across the neck, shoulders and chest.
Dragonfly and scrollwork across neck and chest
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 and grey bee tattoo with floral patterned wings and a honeycomb centre, shaded with dotwork, on a forearm.
Bee with honeycomb on a forearm
Colour cartoon bee tattoo with large eyes, antennae and blue-tinted wings, placed on the side of the body.
Cartoon bee tattoo on skin
Small fine line ladybird tattoo with red and black fill and a dotted trail, on the foot.
Ladybird with dotted trail on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a honey bee on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting beside a dark surface.
Small bee tattoo on a finger
Black and white drawing of two dragonflies with mesh-patterned wings, their tails curving to form a heart shape on a white background.
Two dragonflies forming a heart
Small bee tattoo with black outline and yellow stripes on the top of a foot, with a matching stencil on the table beside it.
Bee tattoo on the top of a foot
Six solid black butterfly designs in a blackwork style with detailed wing patterns, arranged in two rows on a white background.
Six black butterfly designs
Fine line black tattoo of a bee with outstretched wings above a small leafy sprig, on the upper arm of a person lying on white bedding.
Bee and leaf sprig tattoo on upper arm
Realistic shaded bumblebee tattoo in yellow, orange and grey on the inner forearm, with translucent wings spread out.
Bumblebee tattoo on the forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a bee on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a patterned background.
Small bee tattoo on inner wrist
Fine script tattoo arranged in a heart shape reading mom, i love you to the moon and back, with a small red ladybug, on a forearm.
Ladybug and heart quote on a forearm
Black and grey bee tattoo on the top of a foot, framed by a white ornate border held over the skin.
Bee tattoo on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with open wings on the inner forearm, shaded to look three-dimensional against a dark background.
Monarch butterfly on an inner forearm
Black and grey geometric dragonfly tattoo with faceted wings on the side of a person's ribs.
Geometric dragonfly on the ribs
Small fine line black tattoo of a dragonfly with detailed wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line dragonfly on the shoulder
Traditional style colour tattoo on the upper arm of an orange twenty-sided die with a black insect, green and yellow leaves, a red flower and teal splashes.
Twenty-sided die and flower on upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a bee with outlined wings on the upper arm near the shoulder, with a striped top visible beside it.
Bee tattoo on upper arm
Small red and black ladybird tattoo on the upper chest, with fingers holding the skin at the edge of the frame.
Small ladybird tattoo on chest
Traditional style black and grey insect tattoos stacked down both calves, with beetles, a bee and a wasp, and touches of ochre and yellow ink.
Six insects stacked down two calves
Colourful geometric bee tattoo with faceted purple wings, set within a black dotwork circle on the outer thigh.
Geometric bee in a dotwork circle on a thigh
Black and grey winged scarab beetle tattoo spread across a bare lower abdomen, beside the navel, in traditional style.
Winged scarab across the lower abdomen
Black and grey tattoo of a praying mantis between quartz crystals and raspberry branches across the chest and upper abdomen.
Praying mantis, crystals and raspberries on torso
Three black and grey butterfly drawings stacked vertically on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs with no body placement.
Three black and grey butterfly designs
Black and grey dotwork chest tattoo of a mandala with a winged insect, crescent moons and a sun, centred on the upper chest.
Dotwork mandala and winged insect on chest
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with black and white spotted wing edges, spanning the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Blue butterfly on upper back
Black geometric butterfly tattoo made of straight fine lines on the upper arm of a person wearing a white vest top.
Geometric butterfly on upper arm
Black and grey fine line butterfly tattoo with patterned wings on the inner wrist, photographed in black and white.
Small butterfly on the inner wrist
Small black dragonfly tattoo with stippled wings and a long thin body on the forearm, with woven bracelets at the wrist.
Dragonfly on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a stylised butterfly with flowing wings and curled swirling antennae on a plain white background.
Black line butterfly design
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo with a trailing stroke on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Fine line bee tattoo with a dotted trail on the top of one foot, with a matching bee tattoo on the second foot beside it.
Matching bee tattoos on two feet
Black fine line dragonfly tattoo with detailed wings spread across the upper back of a person wearing a dark camisole.
Dragonfly across upper back
Black ink flash design of three dragonflies stacked vertically, each with intricately patterned, scroll-filled wings on a white background.
Three ornate dragonflies in a vertical stack
Black and white engraved drawing of a swallowtail butterfly with spread wings, shown as a possible tattoo design with no body placement.
Swallowtail butterfly line drawing
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo with shaded wings, sitting on the forearm.
Dragonfly on a forearm
Two people seen from behind, each with a small black dragonfly tattoo behind the ear, one with a hand resting on her neck.
Matching dragonfly tattoos behind the ear