Moth tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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
Back of a hand covered in black lace-style ornament and a mandala flower, with a blue and yellow moth at its centre and key designs on the fingers.
Lace and moth hand tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of peonies, anemone-style flowers and a moth across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Peonies and moth on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a green luna moth with eyespots, hanging chains and purple crystal pendants, placed on the thigh.
Green luna moth with chains on a thigh
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cracked lantern and a death's head hawkmoth on the inner forearm.
Lantern and death's head moth on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with a peony in her hair and a moth below, in black, grey and mauve on the outer thigh.
Neo-trad woman and peony on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green luna moth with eye markings, gold chains and purple crystal pendants on the thigh.
Green luna moth with chains and crystals on a thigh
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
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
Line drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman in profile inside an ornate oval cameo frame, with scrolls, flowers, a rose and butterflies, shown without a body placement.
Cameo portrait with roses and butterflies
Colour tattoo of a moth with black lace wings, purple roses and blue forget-me-nots against a purple starry sky, on a limb.
Lace moth with roses on a limb
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a death's-head moth with a red gemstone on its body and a dark scrollwork frame, placed on the thigh.
Death's-head moth with a red gem on thigh
Colour neo-traditional full sleeve on an arm, shown from several angles, with a horned owl, a lantern, moths and leaves on the upper arm and forearm.
Owl, lantern and foliage full sleeve
Six neo-traditional tattoo flash designs on paper showing a ram skull, a deer skull, a moth, a fennec fox, a red panda and a bird with peonies, all in bright colour.
Neo-traditional animal designs on flash sheets
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a portrait of a woman and roses on the upper arm and dotwork flowers on the forearm.
Floral sleeve with portrait on upper arm
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
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
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
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
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