Moth tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink five-petal flower with a black centre and green leaves, with a green moth below, on an elbow.
Pink flower and moth on an elbow
Black ink flash drawing of an eye within a planchette shape, a woman in an Art Nouveau style frame, and a death's head moth below, with no body placement shown.
Eye, planchette and death's head moth design
Realistic black, grey and blue moth tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a second faded moth partly visible above the wrist.
Realistic moth tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line flash sheet in black ink showing a moth, skull, cat, blackberry, hands, sprigs and a sleeping fawn, arranged on a pale grey background.
Botanical and animal flash sheet
Black and grey moth tattoo with a dotted circular halo and three diamond drops on the forearm.
Moth with dotwork halo and diamond drops on forearm
Hand-drawn black ink flash sheet of thirteen numbered traditional-style designs, including a crescent moon, pipe, hourglass, flower, moth, flying saucer, jellyfish and the word thirteen in script.
Numbered black ink flash sheet of thirteen designs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a moth inside a solid black circle and a botanical branch design with a pinecone on the forearm near the elbow.
Moth in a black circle and branches on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon, a moth and a rose with leaves, running from the shoulder down the upper arm of a woman with pink hair.
Crescent moon, moth and rose on upper arm
Two matching death's head moth tattoos in traditional style sit on the forearms just below the elbow, with roses tattooed higher on the upper arms.
Matching death's head moths on forearms
Traditional style tattoos across a woman's back and upper arm, including a large butterfly, a red rose and a spider web.
Traditional back and arm sleeve
Black and grey pen drawing of a detailed moth with a crescent moon above and vertical dashed lines behind it, shown as a flash-style tattoo design.
Moth beneath a crescent moon
Black and grey dotwork and linework design of a moth over interlocking triangles and a dotted crescent moon, drawn on a pale background.
Moth and crescent moon over geometric star
Black and grey dotwork lantern with a moth, a dotted night sky and geometric lines, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Lantern and moth on a thigh
Flash sheet of hand-drawn tattoo designs in a fantasy theme, including a bearded tree face, a moth, a hobbit-style door in a bottle and a witch hat over a city.
Fantasy flash sheet with tree, moth and bottle
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied rosemary sprig on the upper arm, with a wasp near the shoulder and a moth below.
Rosemary sprig and insects on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hawk moth above overlapping circles and a small solid triangle, on a forearm.
Moth and geometric dotwork on a forearm
Close-up of a traditional-style tattoo of a colourful moth with teal and purple eyespots, set beside a red flower and black fern leaves.
Colourful moth with eyespots
Neo-traditional tattoo of a blue and yellow moth with a crescent moon on a red geometric circle, across a person's upper back.
Moth and crescent moon on a back
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a moth above a mandala design on the wrist, photographed against a dark background.
Moth over mandala on the wrist
Black and grey moth tattoo with circular eye-spot wings on a person's ribs, with a black lace bralette pulled aside.
Moth tattoo on the ribs
Dotwork and geometric tattoo of a moth within a triangle on the upper back, with a wireframe sphere below and a partial Superman logo on the shoulder.
Moth and geometric sphere on upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a human skull with a death's head moth on its crown and a rose at its base, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Skull, death's head moth and rose design
Colour tattoo of a moth, peonies and anemones covering the upper arm and shoulder, in a painterly neo-traditional style.
Moth and peony sleeve on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo across the lower back, with part of a coloured tattoo visible at the left edge.
Butterfly tattoo on the lower back
Black ink drawing of a butterfly above an open hand, with dotwork shading on the wings, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Butterfly above an open hand design
Black and grey ornamental moth tattoo with circular eyespots and dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Ornamental moth on an inner arm
Black and grey flash drawing of two swallows in flight above a moth with spotted wings, on a pale background.
Two swallows and a moth flash sheet
Grey and teal dotwork moth tattoo with eyespots on its wings, placed centrally across the upper back below the neck.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a teal and orange moth wrapping around a forearm, shown from two angles.
Teal moth tattoo across a forearm
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart with a moth and interlocking triangles, drawn as a tattoo design in a geometric style.
Anatomical heart with moth in triangles
Traditional black and grey back tattoo of a large moth with filigree ornament above an animal and a row of roses, with a small red rose on the upper arm.
Moth, animal and roses across a back
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with a geometric background, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Moth with geometric background on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a death's-head moth with skull patterns on its wings, set against red geometric lines and a single eye on its body.
Death's-head moth with skulls and red geometry
Four black and grey traditional moth designs drawn on a sheet, one with a skull on its body and a crescent moon above it.
Four traditional moth designs on flash sheet
Neo-traditional tattoo of a hawkmoth with black and grey wings and an amber thorax, placed on the side of the ribs, with dotted trails and small crosses below.
Hawkmoth with amber thorax on the ribs
Back of a woman's neck and shoulders showing a colourful sugar skull moth tattoo on the neck and a large black and grey Japanese back piece with a pagoda, moon and geisha.
Sugar skull moth on neck with Japanese back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a death's-head hawkmoth with a skull pattern on its thorax, placed on the stomach above the navel.
Death's-head hawkmoth on the stomach
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
Colour tattoo of a ribcage, red rose, ear and red-winged moth on a forearm, set against a soft green wash.
Ribcage, rose and moth on a forearm
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
A flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including a leaf, feathers, a dreamcatcher, stars, a moon, an arrow and a daisy, with no placement shown.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs
Realistic colour tattoo of butterflies and grey shaded flowers across a woman's shoulder and up onto the side of her neck, with a bra strap visible.
Realistic butterflies and flowers across a shoulder and neck
Colour realism tattoo of a skeleton bride in a lace veil with red flowers, a ribcage and a moth, on an upper arm against a purple wash.
Skeleton bride with lace veil and red flowers on an upper
Traditional black and grey moth tattoo across the back of a hand, with a feather tattoo on the wrist and letters on the fingers.
Moth on the back of a hand
Black and grey drawing sheet of several butterflies on a white background, with hatched and stippled wing patterns and one large swallowtail-style butterfly at the top.
Butterfly study sheet in black and grey
Vertical strip of five black line-art flash designs on cream, including a moth with BERN CITY text, a lobster, a beetle and two animal faces, in a monoline geometric style.
Five line-art creature flash designs
Black ink pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with closed eyes and flowing hair, with a moon, moths, a bird and skulls, on a cream background.
Woman with moon, moths and skulls design