Moth tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism rose tattoo with leaves on the upper arm, with a moth tattoo on the forearm below, shown in a two-panel photo of a person in a pink bralette.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Black and grey back tattoo in a Japanese style, with a central lotus flower, a moth, a serpent and swirling clouds across the full back.
Full back piece with lotus and moth
Traditional style colour tattoo of a death's head moth with a skull on its thorax, placed on the outer upper arm.
Traditional death's head moth on an arm
Black and grey tattoo flash design covering a phone case, with swallows, a moth, a compass, a rose, a microphone and chevrons in a traditional style.
Black and grey flash sheet of swallows and a moth
Black ink drawing of a moth with skulls across its outspread wings, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull-winged moth design
Pencil drawing of a skull merged with a tattered moth with spiked wings, shaded in a realistic greyscale style, shown on paper with no body placement.
Skull and moth wings in pencil
Traditional style flash design of a moth-winged woman with a skull and red roses in her hair, drawn in red, cream and black.
Moth-winged woman with skull and roses
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moth with eyespot markings on its wings and feathered antennae.
Moth with eyespot wings in dotwork
Colour tattoo in botanical style of a sunflower, ferns, a dark songbird, a moth and autumn leaves running down the side of a bare back.
Sunflower, fern and moth down the back
Black and grey tattoo of a luna moth on a branch inside a solid black circle on the forearm, with botanical sprigs at the top left.
Luna moth on a branch in a black circle
Two stacked photos of healed script tattoos: the upper one shows a grey butterfly and the words You'll never know dear, the lower one shows a blue flower and the words how much I love you.
Butterfly and script quote tattoos
Traditional colour tattoo of an eyespot moth with grey wings, orange and brown accents and black outlines, placed on the stomach above the navel.
Eyespot moth above the navel
Traditional style tattoo on a stomach showing a red rose, a teal and orange moth, two roses below and daggers at the sides, with script lettering above.
Traditional rose, moth and dagger on abdomen
Traditional style colour tattoo of a dagger with a red gem hilt, a winged moth above and a red rose with green leaves on a forearm.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Two matching moth tattoos with spiral wings and round eyes, one orange and yellow and one green, on the lower legs.
Matching moth tattoos on two calves
Black and grey realistic moth tattoo with lace-patterned wings across the upper back.
Lace-winged moth across upper back
Two black and grey tattoo design sketches on paper, a winged moth with eyes above a ram's head framed by a triangle and geometric lines.
Moth and ram head tattoo designs
Black and grey traditional style moth tattoo with shaded wings on the side of a torso, with a partly visible tattoo to the left and white bedding behind.
Black and grey moth on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a half ribcage with spine, a stippled flower and a moth, in a dotwork style.
Ribcage, flower and moth on a forearm
Black and grey death's head hawkmoth tattoo with shaded wings and a skull-like marking on the thorax, placed on the forearm.
Death's head hawkmoth on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a death's-head moth with a skull on its thorax and striped wings, shown as a flash design on paper with no body placement.
Death's-head moth with skull design
Black line drawing flash sheet of Star Wars motifs, including a stormtrooper with a bow, a lightsaber, a Rebel Alliance emblem, a moth, a droid, and a flower with an Imperial emblem.
Star Wars themed flash sheet
Traditional style tattoo of a black teapot with orange flowers and teal leaves, with a red and orange moth below, on an upper arm.
Black teapot with flowers and a moth
Colour traditional tattoo of a shell, moth, leaves and panther head on a limb, with a beetle and another tattoo partly visible at the edges.
Traditional shell, moth and panther tattoo
Two black and cream moth designs with dotwork spots, crescent moon and geometric wing panels, shown as painted boards on a dark wooden surface.
Two black and cream moth designs on boards
Black and grey moth tattoo with shaded wings on the upper back, just below the base of the neck.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Black line drawing of an ornate moth design with a skull on its body, lace-patterned wings and hanging beaded chains.
Ornate moth with skull and beaded chains
Two black and grey tattoos side by side on the upper thighs, a winged moth on the left and a horned beetle on the right, in fine line style with light shading.
Moth and beetle tattoos on the thighs
White line drawing of a butterfly with ivy leaves and branches in its wings and a tree of life inside a circle on its body, shown on a dark grey background.
Botanical butterfly with tree of life body
Colour tattoo of peonies, violet anemone-style flowers, green leaves and two moths across an upper arm and shoulder, in a botanical style.
Peonies and moths on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a moth at its centre, tattooed on the front of a thigh.
Mandala and moth on a thigh
Black ink moon phases and a moth tattoo on a torso partly covered by white lace, with an ornamental blackwork swirl on the forearm and hand.
Moon phases and moth on the abdomen
Black and white photo of a hand with a moth tattoo on the palm and the word DANDY lettered on the wrist, with a metal watch strap.
Moth and script tattoos on a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a thigh showing pine trees and a full moon inside an ornate frame, with a moth below.
Moon, pine forest and moth in an ornate frame on thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a moth with spread wings centred between the shoulder blades on a woman's upper back, viewed from behind.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Black and grey flash sheet of insects including a stag beetle, a scarab beetle, a death's head hawkmoth, a spider, a dragonfly and two wasps, drawn in ink linework.
Insect flash sheet with beetles, moth and wasps
Two lower legs with traditional style tattoos of red roses, a cat's head, a moth and a penny-farthing bicycle, worn with a grey skirt and black shoes.
Traditional roses, cat and moth on two legs
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
Traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a heart-shaped frame holding a moth, a flower, a snake and a hand gripping a small heart, outlined in black with orange-red accents.
Heart, moth and hand on upper arm
Colour traditional-style moth tattoo in teal, pink and red on the upper back of a person with blonde hair in a bun.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat head with red ears, wide staring eyes and a dotted starry background, on a limb with other tattoos nearby.
Black cat head with red ears on a limb
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design with poppies, a compass and a moth, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Poppies, compass and moth design
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 and grey mandala leg sleeve with a moth on each upper thigh, shown from the thighs down to the feet on a dark table.
Mandala leg sleeve with butterflies
Traditional style tattoo of a black and red moth with a central eye motif and fern fronds on skin.
Moth with fern fronds in traditional style
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
Black and grey flash sheet of separate tattoo designs including a bird, skull, anchor, key, compass rose, moth, butterfly and a sailing ship, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey tattoo flash sheet
Colourful neo-traditional style moth tattoo with teal wings, a pink heart on the body and dangling beaded chains with yellow teardrops on skin.
Teal moth with pink heart and beaded chains