Insect tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style butterfly tattoo in bold blues, reds, oranges and greens with black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Traditional butterfly on a forearm
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
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
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 flash sheet of moths and butterflies in a traditional style, arranged in rows on a mottled grey background.
Sheet of moths and butterflies
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bumblebee with translucent amber wings, a green and black body and a cream face marking, shown on skin inside an oval frame.
Bumblebee on skin
Three green, orange and red butterflies with black outlines in a traditional style, sitting on the inside of a wrist against a dark green background.
Three butterflies on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a bee and red and purple flowers with leaves and sprigs on the forearm, with a partly visible second tattoo at the bottom edge.
Bee and flowers 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
Traditional style butterfly tattoo in red and black with bold outlines and small white dots on the wings, placed on a forearm.
Red and black butterfly on a forearm
Colour traditional butterfly tattoo with red, teal, orange and brown wings and bold black outlines, shown on an arm.
Traditional butterfly on an arm
Black and grey tattoos on a pair of thighs and knees, including lace-like patterns and a snake, with a black cat lying across the lap.
Black and grey thigh tattoos with a black cat
Black and grey moth tattoo with shaded wings on the upper back, just below the base of the neck.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a striped caterpillar crawling along a black branch with red, yellow and pink flowers and green leaves, on the forearm.
Caterpillar on a flowering branch on a forearm
Traditional style moth tattoo with ornamental patterned wings and two leaf shapes above its head, placed at the back of a person's neck.
Ornate moth on the back of the neck
Black and grey traditional butterfly and moth tattoos on the inner forearms and elbows of a person with raised arms.
Butterflies and moths on both forearms
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical moth with patterned wings and dotted detailing, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Black ink moth design
Black and grey traditional style moth design drawn on white paper, with bold solid wings, scalloped edges and dotted borders.
Traditional moth flash design
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
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
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
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 realistic bee tattoo with shaded wings and the words 'You're the bee's knees but so am I' above and below it, on a calf.
Bee with pun lettering on a calf
Close photo of a traditional style bee tattoo with bold black outlines, yellow and orange stripes and white wings, trailing a dashed line, on the upper arm.
Bee with dashed flight path on an arm
Traditional-style moth tattoo with black outlines and soft pink and grey shading on the back of a hand.
Moth tattoo on the back of a hand