Entomophobia is rarer among adults, though, with about 10% of the adult population having any type of specific phobia. An irrational fear of insects is formally known as entomophobia, although it ...

Bella Ramsey said they once suffered from an “intense” fear of vomiting that left them stuck in their house for months as a ...

I’d had a phobia of insects for as long as I could remember, but it accelerated when I was a teenager and became part of my identity. I was terrified of all insects, and didn’t believe it was ...

a fear of insects. Specific phobias affect at least 9% of adults in the US — about 19 million people — with symptoms typically starting in childhood, the National Institute of Mental Health found.

Bella Ramsey, star of "The Last of Us", said “everything outside was a threat” as they struggled with an "all-encompassing" ...

Your son's fear of insects is not unusual. It is called entomophobia which means an irrational and uncontrollable fear (phobia) of insects, usually a specific insect or group of insects (wasps and ...

Young children tend to over-generalise these associations, just as your daughter has done, avoiding all situations where she has to put on or get into something that could possibly have a bug in it.

A UK-wide decline in bug splats recorded on car number plates indicates an "alarming" fall in the number of flying insects, UK scientists said in a survey published Wednesday. The 2024 Bugs Matter ...

I’d had a phobia of insects for as long as I could remember, but it accelerated when I was a teenager and became part of my identity. I was terrified of all insects, and didn’t believe it was possible ...