35 Stylish Death Moth Tattoo Design Ideas With Meanings

Must See death moth tattoo ideas. Do you love bugs? Get inspired with these designs of popular moth tattoos for the chest, wrist, arm, neck

Tattoo artists are attracted to insects and tiny creature that are  feared by some people. Although moths are members of the butterfly family, their characteristics make them distinctive.

A moth tattoo is quite common and popular these days since these creatures carry some profound meaning that makes your tattoo look more interesting and powerful. The dead moth tattoo is by far the best of all the moth designs. There are many meanings to these tattoos, including mystery, and they speak to the darker side of the moth design.

Creative Death Moth Tattoo

Tattoos of the death moth on the arm

Death Head Moth Tattoo

In death head moth tattoos, a human represents the skull on the thorax of a moth, giving it the appearance of a dead moth. It is also known as death head hawk moth tattoos because it spreads the message of death and rebirth. The death moth or skull moth also represents spiritual forces and death, just like other night creatures.

Death Head Moth Tattoo For The Chest

Why is it called a Death Moth?

Learn more about one of the most striking insects in the animal kingdom today: the Death’s-Head Hawkmoth. It gets its name from the skull-like marking on its thorax.

People once believed that its unusual markings were a bad omen, which would not be surprising.

Simple Tattoos Of Death Moths

Tattoos of moths typically symbolize transformation and metamorphosis, but they also have a long-established association with ill luck and death. With their positives and negatives, and their relationship to butterflies, they make an amazing tattoo design choice.

In addition to their nocturnal nature, moths have also been associated with mythology and superstition, although they are still used mostly in tattoos to represent transformation.

Colorful Death moth hand Tattoos

African Death’s-Head Hawkmoths, or Acherontia atropos, are responsible for the idea of Death Moth Tattoos. Its name comes from the skull-shaped end of its body. Death is considered to be an indicator of its presence in some cultures.

Meaning Of Death Moth Tattoos

When applied, death moth tattoos and death head tattoos should be seen as symbols of death.

There are many differences between moths and butterflies. In butterfly wings, the dorsal part of the wings is folded over the vertical portion. Tent-like wings are characteristic of moths. Butterfly wings have more vivid colors and patterns. Moths tend to have pale brown, dull wings.

Butterfly wings represent rebirth in this way, but because moths are nocturnal, they symbolize death through rebirth. Tattoos that carry this message are usually paired with the name of the deceased to indicate they won’t be forgotten even after they have passed away.

Black And Grey Traditional Death Moth Tattoos

This Death Moth Tattoo is a great option if you wish to experience a little eeriness and spookiness. This tattoo design looks beautiful on the upper chest or lower back.

large chest tattoo of a death head moth

Black and Grey are the dominant colors in these designs, creating a monochromatic vibe. In addition, this Moth Tattoo resembles a butterfly, making it a beautiful design, even though a death moth symbolizes death.

Death Head Moth Tattoo With Aggressive Skull Ideas

The tattoo can be interpreted as a statement that Death is also beautiful and that we should not always be deathly afraid of it. This is one of my favorite designs.  The red really brings out the black.

Death Head Moth Tattoo With Aggressive Skull Ideas

Death Head Moth Tattoo With Aggressive Skull Designs

If you search for a famous Moth Tattoo, you may also find the moth from ‘Silence of the Lamb’.

Death’s Head Moth With A Dagger Tattoo

The similarities between Moths and Daggers are uncanny. It even has a moth species called the American Dagger Moth.

Below you will find a collection of death head moth tattoos with a dagger, both colors and black-and-gray. In addition to tattoos on the chest and sternum, thigh tattoos, forearm tattoos, and elbow tattoos are also popular.

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

What Does a Death Moth Tattoo Mean?

A Death moth tattoo represents the wearer’s endurance in the face of pain. You often see the death moth incorporated with other tattoos such as the dagger.  Depending what you incorporate it with, the meaning can change.

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

death moth tattoos with a dagger

Death’s Head Moth With A Dagger Tattoo

Tattoos Of Colorful School Death Moths

Death head moth tattoos look amazing with a splash of color. In real life, moths appear dull and colorless. In a tattoo, however, you can easily add as many colors as you wish.

If you would like to add a twist to your monochromatic tattoo experience, you can choose this Moth Tattoo with a skull. Luna moth tattoos created by each tattoo artist feature a unique design that will turn heads for many years to come.

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Colorful School Death Moth Tattoos

Luna Moth and Death Moth

After seeing some general tattoos, let’s examine two that are extremely popular at the moment: Luna moths and Death moths.

Some Luna Moth Tattoos

Luna moths are perhaps the newest fashion trend, but they have an interesting symbolism in that they chase the light, as well as the nocturnal element the moon provides, making them very mystic.

Back Ink Death Moth tattoo

Some Luna Moth Tattoos

Some Luna Moth Tattoos

Some Luna Moth Tattoos

Some Luna Moth Tattoos

Dark Flower Tattoo Mixed With Moth Ideas

Moth tattoos are popular among fans of the Silence of the Lambs movie. This tattoo is great if that’s where your inspiration lies. Death moth tattoos may be difficult to do full sleeves, but flowers can always complement a tattoo elaborately.

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

Cool Moth and Flowers Tattoos For The Arm

Tattoo artists are increasingly putting animal images, such as moths and butterflies, into other designs to enhance their aesthetic value as well as to add meaning. Draw a flower for this variation.

Use one of several methods to make it. The flower of the rose can serve as a beautiful and colorful resting place for your insect, or you can draw a rose or any flower as the creature’s body, adding cute patterns to the wings to lend the creature a touch of personality.

Moth and Flowers Tattoo

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

The Beautiful Death Moth Ink

The thick abdomen and unusual wing patterns make moths pretty easy to identify. A few species of moths, such as silk moths (which are more like butterflies), have more rounded, flatter wings. Moths, on the other hand, typically have muted colors and strange wing patterns in contrast to butterflies, which have more appealing wing patterns and vivid colors.

While the white moth, for example, has a ghostly quality to it, the Polyphemus moth, with its wings spread out, looks more like the face of a hungry reptile. The silk moths (which are supposed to look friendlier) look much less lovely than butterflies. In addition, moths are nocturnal, so it is rare to see them. Usually, they are resting when you do see them.

When moths rest, their wings are open wide (as opposed to butterflies who close their wings while resting). As a result, seeing a moth in rest is usually a very memorable experience and it’s a perfect tattoo design.

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

Death Head As A Moth Tattoo

Death head moth tattoos are among the most popular tattoos at the moment, not only because they look great, but also because they symbolize something powerful. Tattoos such as this one involve drawing a moth on the back of the body in a traditional design.

A more detailed skull can appear more realistic if extra detail is needed. This tattoo design can also be brightened by adding some colors.

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

Dark Flower Tattoo Moth Ideas

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Moths are nocturnal creatures, which means they tend to enter lit rooms during the night. At night, the moon can be a great source of light for the moth, since it mimics a source of light.

Death moth with reversed moon and shining sun tattoo design.

Death moth with reversed moon and shining sun tattoo design

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Traditional Black Moth For The Upper Neck

Body markings on moths can also be as simple as those on people, and they are a great option for those who dislike detailed designs. Ink tattoo artists use to depict insects usually uses black ink to reproduce their appearance.

Additionally, wearers can make it appear to be a real insect by making it 3D. Although the patterns may vary, it is important to make your wings look realistic and stylish.

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

Death Moth With A Crescent Moon Tattoo

You can use these Death Moth Tattoo designs on your body!

You should go for this death moth tattoo if you are artsy and have an abstract approach to art. In this tattoo design, the design is quite subtle, yet it generates a very unique appearance.

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  • Monochromatic Death Moth Chest Tattoo
  • Death hawk moth tattoo
  • Mother death tattoo
  • ahren stringer death moth tattoo

A death moth tattoo can serve as a great color or blackwork design and can be a very cool and dark tattoo. The tattoos below of death moths will give you a lot of inspiration for your own design.

Tony Steylen – Blackwork

Tattoo artist Tony Steylen, from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, designed this big and bold tattoo. This tattoo was created in his studio, Heart & Dagger Tattoo Co.

Tony Steylen - Blackwork

A.M. – Color tattoo

An interesting color death moth tattoo is done by A.M., a tattoo artist working at Fantastic Damage Tattoo in Florida (US).

A.M. - Color tattoo

Justine Wolf – Neo Traditional color

Morgan LeFay created this Luna moth tattoo fully colored with a spectacular design. The artist is from Tacoma, Washington (US). Morgan works at Pacific Ave Tattoo in Tacoma.

Justine Wolf - Neo Traditional color

Unique Death Moth Tattoo Designs

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colorful death moth tattoo on the neck

colorful death moth tattoo for the upper chest

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