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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 portrait of a woman with a red circle behind her head, tattooed on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Female portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
White sweatshirt printed with black and grey tattoo-style designs of swallows, a large moth, feathers and a star, in a traditional style.
Tattoo-style print sweatshirt with swallows and moth
Traditional colour tattoo of a moth with eyespot wings above a red rose with a teal centre, shown on an upper arm in two side-by-side photos.
Moth and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a moth above a cameo of a woman in profile with flowers, beside a band of rosettes on the wrist.
Cameo, moth 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 colour tattoo of a death's head hawkmoth with a skull marking on the upper thigh, set against a red circle.
Death's head hawkmoth on thigh
Solid black traditional tattoo of a moth with eye motifs and rays covering the back of a hand and parts of the fingers.
Moth and eyes across the back of a hand
Hand resting on a tiled floor with a colourful traditional-style winged motif and crescent moon on the back, and a purple rose on the wrist.
Winged motif, crescent moon and rose on a hand
Traditional colour tattoo of a dagger with a red gem hilt, moth-like wings and a red rose with teal leaves on a forearm.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Black and grey flash sheet of ten ornate heart designs with scrollwork and dotted borders, including a rose, an eye and a moth.
Ornate heart flash sheet
Black and grey traditional tattoo of moth wings arranged in a circle with a separate moth in flight above, on a shoulder.
Moth mandala and flying moth on shoulder
Black and white drawing of a moth with solid black wings, white eyespot markings and thin antennae, shown as a tattoo design.
Black moth with eyespots
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
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
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
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
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 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
Black and grey moth tattoo with shaded wings on the upper back, just below the base of the neck.
Moth tattoo on upper back
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 traditional butterfly and moth tattoos on the inner forearms and elbows of a person with raised arms.
Butterflies and moths on both forearms