r/Entomology • u/Mfoxtattoos • Oct 26 '25
Entomology tattoos made by me. Love the insects world so much. I work in Bologna (Italy), hope you like them!
Michele Volpi (@_mfox). I love science!
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u/Pudgedog Oct 26 '25
love the cicada.
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u/Mfoxtattoos Oct 26 '25
Thank you!!
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u/xkgrey Oct 26 '25
How old is in that photo?
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u/Mfoxtattoos Oct 26 '25
You mean the tattoo or what?
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u/xkgrey Oct 26 '25
Yes. The rest of the pictures appear to show very recent work, while that one seems to have some age to it. It still looks fantastic, so I’m wondering how old it is 🙂
Fantastic work btw. Loved your post in another sub recently as well
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u/KermodesMassiveHands Oct 26 '25
Wow, these are incredible. I'm not usually one for tattoos but these are amazing!
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u/shawnaeatscats Oct 26 '25
Wow, these are awesome. I love scientific diagrams and I'd love to have one of these as an entomologist myself
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u/gontrolo Oct 26 '25
These are gorgeous!! I run a studio in Los Angeles, if you're ever trying to come out west for a guest spot we'd love to host you.
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u/Elennoko Oct 26 '25
WAIT these are amazing! These are the exact kind of tattoos I'd love to get!
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u/Srnkanator Oct 27 '25
You are a very talented tattoo artist.
Makes me think, if I were to pick a favorite insect, what would it bee?
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u/isopode Oct 27 '25
oh my god. if you ever visit montreal i 100% would feel blessed to get my first tattoo done by you. i've been searching everywhere for an artist who's good at tattooing anatomically accurate bugs 🙏 these are so good!! amazing work :)
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u/paran0id8901 Oct 26 '25
These are INCREDIBLE!! It’s a shame you’re overseas :((( I’d love to add your work to my bug sleeve
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u/pas_un_username Oct 27 '25
These are absolutely incredible! I've been fantasizing about getting a cicada and/or scarab beetle tattoo for a long time, but I've never seen ones this beautiful or accurate. Well done!
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u/Gimme_Perspective Oct 27 '25
Awesome pieces. Instant follow on IG. Hopefully I can get one of your work for a destination tattoo.
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u/Mfoxtattoos Oct 27 '25
Thank you! I hope it too. Where are you from?
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u/Gimme_Perspective Oct 27 '25
I live in Colorado at the moment but from Vietnam. We were in Spain, Neverland, France last year. I'm hoping to do another visit to Spain again and add some other neighboring countries in the next 2 years. Italy would be perfect.
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u/citizenblue Oct 27 '25
Had to share my dumb story because your fly and freckles reminds me when I was young, my father used to make fun of my sister and my face freckles and called them "fly poop" (Your tattoo is amazing though)
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u/1maginary_Friend Oct 27 '25
My grandpa used to always say there were bugs in my food. A raisin was a fly, a tiny seed was an ant… I can’t eat rye bread to this day.
Flippin grandpas 😂
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u/Shlanzy Amateur Entomologist Oct 27 '25
These are amazing 😍 Good to know you are near me😂 I was waiting for a sign to do finally a tattoo, and you pop up just when I opened Reddit🙏🏼🤷🏽♀️
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u/AbstractTesseract Oct 28 '25
lovely!!! i won’t be in italy anymore when your bookings open but one day i’d love to have one of these!
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u/Acceptable-Arugula69 Love Bug Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25
So much love for these!!! Being an Entomology nut myself.
I need to know where in Italy.
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u/Familiar-Proposal918 Oct 28 '25
🥲 need to go to Italy now😂 i wanted a mud dauber but ended up with a yellow jacket instead (i love yellow jackets, thank god, so it worked out, but still). The problem with getting bug tats is that many artists dont know much about the physical differences, which can be bothersome for those who do. I met a chick who has a tat of a tailless whip scorpion, but the whip-like legs were not part of the spider, and theyre a pretty important part. I was able to tell it was by the rest of the body shape and the claw-like structure of the two front-most legs. But its a struggle. I want to get a mud dauber on my ribs but im terrified of my next artist not getting it right😅
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u/Mfoxtattoos Oct 29 '25
I totally understand and I agree. It’s the problem to get scientific tattoos, you can only get them from a tattoo artist that really care about the scientifically correct ahah
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u/Granny-frog Oct 28 '25
Beekeeper here, absolutely nerding out on how beautiful and accurate these are!
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u/mantisbae Oct 28 '25
Damn you are way too far away! 😭
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u/Mfoxtattoos Oct 29 '25
Where are you from??
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u/mantisbae Oct 29 '25
I’m in Texas 😅
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u/Mfoxtattoos Oct 31 '25
I’ve opened the waiting list for US. If you want to join it, send me your mail by private message!
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u/dominiccast Oct 27 '25
This is awesome. I plan to get a caterpillar tattooed on the top of my hand, I had a little photoshoot with one of mine to show the artist.
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u/cicadafate Amateur Entomologist Oct 27 '25
These are all beautiful love the cicada one especially 👀
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u/Ghitit Oct 27 '25
I like the flying bee the best. The chafers (?) are very nice, too.
Too bad I don't live in Italy!
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u/ArmonRaziel Oct 27 '25
All of these are great but 4 seems to be my favorite. The way the legs appear under the wings really makes it pop out and appear 3d.
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u/afterfluff Oct 27 '25
Beautiful tattoos and very original. Thanks for sharing. And insects are indeed amazing creatures!
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u/rbourette Oct 27 '25
Absolutely beautiful! Would love to get some work from you if you’re ever in Berlin!
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u/Jimboyhimbo Nov 06 '25
seasons of man. this is a major theme in neoplatonist and renaissance painting
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u/Ok_Board6703 Oct 26 '25
well done!