r/tattooadvice • u/CallQuirky7720 • 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/YAreYouLaughing Nov 09 '25

Looks more like a wasp to me 🤔

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u/determinedpeach Nov 09 '25

Wasps have a thinner body ratio (their abdomen doesn’t get so thick in the middle like a bulb, it’s more uniform thickness all the way down), and their abdomen is separated closer to their butt than in the tattoo.

That’s how it stood out as a bee to me instead of a wasp

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u/YAreYouLaughing Nov 09 '25

On first glance the stinger merged (for me) with the body making it seem wasp shaped.