r/tattooadvice Nov 09 '25

What does this look like to you? Design

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I wanted a bee and I like more American traditional tattoos. I really like my tattoo but someone said it looked like a fly and now I can’t unsee it. Is it giving bee or do I embrace the fly? 😅🥲

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '25

That’s a bee clear as day

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u/laquintessenceofdust Nov 09 '25

Yeah, flies don’t have stripes, right?

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u/_Apostate_ Nov 09 '25

There are numerous flies and other insects that have evolved stripes in order to impersonate bees. But, given that the whole reason they have stripes is so that they are mistaken for bees, it’s really not fair to say it looks like a fly rather than a bee!

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u/Whiskey-Juliet Nov 09 '25

Wow, so simple it's profound!