Moth tattoo ideas

239 photos and flash · 30% Traditional, 28% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a maneki-neko cat with a raised paw, a skull-patterned moth and red petals, in a traditional style.
Maneki-neko cat and skull moth on a calf
Black ink traditional flash sheet of butterflies and moths, including a central moth with a woman's face, skulls, tigers and a lantern, on cream paper.
Butterfly and moth flash sheet
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a stack of three books with a moth on the top cover, placed on the forearm.
Stacked books on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork moth with a sunburst, dotted crosshair lines and a triangle on the inner upper arm.
Moth and sunburst on upper arm
A man in a grey t-shirt with a black silhouette print of a profile and hands, showing black and grey traditional tattoos of a lighthouse, moths and a hot air balloon on his forearms and upper arms.
Man in grey tee with silhouette print and arm tattoos
Black and grey death's head moth tattoo with a skull on its thorax, framed by two lines of black lettering on the thigh.
Death's head moth with quote on a thigh
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 black moth tattoo across the stomach, with a colour clock face tattoo with Roman numerals on the thigh.
Moth on stomach and clock on thigh
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a limb showing an orange butterfly, leaves, a geometric flower and a bird's head, with black outlines and dot shading.
Neo-traditional butterfly and bird on a limb
Traditional style owl tattoo on a person's upper arm, perched on a branch with red roses, a moth and small sparkles.
Owl and roses on an upper arm
Colour chest tattoo in an art nouveau style showing a woman's face, two moths, an iris and scrolling leaves, with rose tattoos on the shoulders, shown in a three-panel collage.
Art nouveau chest piece with moths and iris
Black and grey traditional tattoo of four moths arranged in a circle with a fifth moth above it, on a shoulder.
Radial moth mandala on a shoulder
Traditional-style flash design of a lantern with a gold flame, three moths and banners reading LIGHTS, WILL, GUIDE and YOU HOME, with no body placement shown.
Lantern with moths and banner lettering
Traditional black and grey flash sheet showing four moth designs, two with skulls on their bodies, held up by a hand against a wooden floor.
Four moth designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey realism rose over sheet music on an upper arm and forearm, with a moth tattoo on the chest, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Rose over sheet music arm sleeve
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with a skull above it, a moth, a crescent moon, antlers and crossed bones, rendered in dotwork and linework.
Owl, skull and moth tattoo design drawing
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moth with a crescent moon above and a dotted geometric circle below, on the forearm.
Moth and crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves on a hip and roses, feathers and flowers on a thigh, with a banner reading LIGHT OF MY LIFE on the lower leg.
Botanical hip and rose thigh tattoos
Black and grey fine line flash design of an eye above a moth inside a triangle, with roses, feathers and a crescent moon, drawn on tracing paper taped to a wall.
Eye, moth and roses within a geometric triangle
Fine line sketch tattoo of a woman in profile with butterflies and teal accents running down a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Sketched woman and butterflies on upper arm
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 botanical tattoo of an upside-down bat with a magnolia branch, a small flower and a moth, on a person's forearm.
Bat and magnolia on a forearm
Traditional style moth flash design in black, cream and orange, shown as a framed print on a peach background with an orange circle behind it.
Traditional moth design in a framed print
Black and grey flash drawing of an ornate moth with a crescent moon on its head, framed by dashed geometric lines on white paper.
Moth with crescent moon and geometric lines
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with fine radiating lines on the upper back, below dark hair.
Moth with geometric lines on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bird's nest with branches and feathers, and a moth inside a solid black circle, on a forearm.
Bird's nest and moth on a forearm
Black ink drawing of two moths above a circular mandala of flowers and leaves, in a dotwork and linework style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Moths and mandala with flowers in black ink
Black ink drawing of a ribcage, spine and pelvis with a peony, rose stems and a moth wing, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ribcage, pelvis and moth with peony
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
Black and grey tattoo of four moths stacked vertically down the centre of a person's back, linked by dotted lines, with a small semicolon above.
Four moths stacked down a spine
Black and grey dotwork moth with feathered antennae across the upper back, with a fine and bold geometric line design of triangles and circles below it.
Dotwork moth above geometric lines on back
Colour tattoo of a fox head surrounded by oak leaves, acorns and moths on the outer thigh, in a painterly neo-traditional style.
Fox head with oak leaves and moths on a thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a line of text on the inner forearm, flanked by a moth motif on each side.
Quote with moths on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork moth inside a geometric diamond outline tattooed on the outer thigh.
Moth inside a geometric diamond on a thigh
Colour botanical tattoo of two orange California poppies and a sprig of lavender tied with green leaves in a bouquet on the thigh, with a partial moth below.
Poppies and lavender bouquet on a thigh
Pen sketch of a skull set between moth wings, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with loose linework and rays around it.
Skull and moth tattoo sketch
Black and grey realistic moth tattoo with lace-patterned lower wings on the upper back.
Lace-winged moth on upper back
Black dotwork drawing of a moth with a crescent moon above it, set within dashed geometric construction lines, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Dotwork moth with crescent moon and geometric lines
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo with detailed wings on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey top.
Black and grey butterfly on upper arm
Black linework flash design of a stag head with antlers, a moth and overlapping geometric triangles, drawn on layered tracing paper.
Stag head and moth with geometric triangles
Pencil and ink drawing of a split ribcage and spine with a pink rose and vines on one side, and an animal skull with a moth wing below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ribcage, rose and moth skull design
Four black line drawings on tracing paper showing a moth, a scrolling mandala, a fleur-de-lis spire and a half mandala, all designs for tattoos.
Four ornate tattoo design drawings on tracing paper
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo across the inner hands of a person pressing their palms together in prayer, with lettering on the wrist.
Butterfly tattoo across praying hands
Three-panel collage of a traditional style moth tattoo in black, grey, orange and pink on a forearm, with feather details at the top and bottom.
Traditional moth on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a skull, crown, flower, feathers, roses, death's head moths and an eye with a tear, shown on paper with no body part visible.
Skull, crown and moth flash design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grandfather clock with butterflies lifting from its top and roots spreading beneath it, on the side of the ribs.
Grandfather clock with butterflies and roots