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
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
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned beetle with spread wings on the upper thigh.
Horned beetle on the thigh
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
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 black and grey bee tattoo in fine line and dotwork style on the inside of a forearm.
Small bee on a forearm
Small black fine line dragonfly tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, with a white sleeve at the top edge of the photo.
Dragonfly on a forearm
Black line drawing of an ornamental butterfly design with swirling filigree wings and dotted detailing, shown on a white background.
Ornamental butterfly tattoo design
Black ink sketch of an ant with loose linework and speckled dots on the side of a neck, below the ear.
Ant sketch on the side of the neck
Black dotwork bee tattoo with patterned wings and a striped abdomen, placed on the forearm.
Patterned bee tattoo on an arm
Black and grey dotwork moth inside a geometric diamond outline tattooed on the outer thigh.
Moth inside a geometric diamond on a thigh
Black and grey monarch butterfly tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper arm, with wings spread and antennae visible.
Monarch butterfly on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a honeybee with stippled wings and shaded striped abdomen, on a person's limb.
Bee tattoo in dotwork
Geometric beetle drawing with crystal shapes and dotwork shading, inked on a tan leather panel.
Geometric beetle design on leather
Black and grey realistic bee tattoo with red honeycomb lines and dotted stems on the side of the ribs.
Bee and honeycomb on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wing veins spanning the upper back, with a second partial butterfly visible at the top right.
Large butterfly tattoo on upper back
Neo-traditional style tattoo of two beetles in blue, orange and black ink, surrounded by dotwork stippling on a forearm.
Two beetles with dotwork on a forearm
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 and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with spotted wings on the forearm, shown beside a dark shirt and a grey wall.
Butterfly tattoo on a forearm
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 and grey dotwork luna moth tattoo on the upper arm, with a gold cuff bracelet on the wrist and a floral top visible beside it.
Luna moth tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a detailed moth with patterned wings, sitting on the forearm against a background of green foliage.
Moth tattoo on a forearm
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 and grey dotwork bee tattoo with flower and leaf sprigs spread across the centre of the chest.
Bee and flowers across the chest
Black and grey bee tattoo with a crown above it on a forearm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Bee and crown on a forearm
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo with mandala-patterned wings and dotted circles, placed on the forearm.
Dragonfly with mandala wings on a forearm
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
Black and grey geometric full sleeve tattoo on an arm, featuring a large cicada above a mandala with dotwork shading and floral detail.
Cicada and mandala full sleeve
Black dotwork and geometric dragonfly tattoo with stippled wings and a long thin body on the upper arm of a woman in a knit cardigan.
Geometric dragonfly on an upper arm
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 tattoo of a moth with eyespot markings on its wings and feathered antennae.
Moth with eyespot wings in dotwork
Black and grey dotwork bee tattoo on one wrist beside the words just be in a simple serif font on the other wrist.
Matching bee and just be wrist tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two honey bees with detailed wings on a shoulder and upper back.
Two bees on a shoulder
Small black fine line cicada tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cicada tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bee with spread wings over a honeycomb pattern on the inner upper arm.
Bee over honeycomb dotwork on upper arm
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
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with crystal-like geometric wings on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric moth on a shoulder blade
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the calves, each with a moth above a geometric crystal shape inside dotted diamond outlines, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Matching moth and geometric calf tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag beetle with spread wings on a forearm.
Stag beetle tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a detailed bee inside a dotted diamond outline with a small triangle above, on a shoulder.
Bee within a dotted diamond on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork dragonfly tattoo with mandala-style floral wings running down the calf.
Mandala dragonfly on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a radial dragonfly mandala with three dragonflies above it, on a limb.
Dragonfly mandala with three dragonflies