Results: Bug-A-Phobia
1.
1.
Fear of insects mainly includes a disgust response or aversion to bugs. Insects and bugs often appear "ugly or disgusting" owing to their shape or colors. Do you have a fear of bugs?
Yes
31%
•
451 votes
No
49%
•
714 votes
Undecided
12%
•
176 votes
Not Applicable
8%
•
111 votes
2.
2.
Did you know the fear of bugs or fear of insects is known as Entomophobia or Acarophobia? Yes
39%
•
566 votes
No
46%
•
671 votes
Undecided
6%
•
88 votes
Not Applicable
9%
•
127 votes
3.
3.
Which symptoms of Entomophobia are you familiar with? Complaining constantly about being bitten by bugs.
14%
•
209 votes
Excessive cleaning.
13%
•
183 votes
Different degrees of self mutilation.
4%
•
64 votes
Social isolation.
6%
•
87 votes
Frequent visits to doctors.
6%
•
80 votes
Obesity and physical inactivity.
4%
•
52 votes
Constantly searching on the Internet to self-validate their beliefs about insects.
5%
•
79 votes
Physical symptoms like nausea, shaking, trembling, headaches, crying, screaming at the sight of bugs.
12%
•
175 votes
Going to great lengths to avoid bugs and insects.
25%
•
361 votes
N/A
55%
•
796 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
5 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.10% | 2 | |
| do not know | 0.05% | 1 |
| spiders | 0.05% | 1 |
| just worry about the poisionous one's as they are on earth & we have to deal with them | 0.05% | 1 |
4.
4.
What type of bugs or insects do you have a phobia from? Bee, Wasp or Hornet
24%
•
353 votes
Ants
7%
•
107 votes
Grasshopper
6%
•
90 votes
Spiders
27%
•
397 votes
Cockroach
27%
•
396 votes
Butterfly or Moth
3%
•
44 votes
Ladybug
3%
•
37 votes
Flies
7%
•
103 votes
Bed Bug
22%
•
316 votes
Mosquitoes
13%
•
187 votes
Cricket
4%
•
64 votes
Ticks
19%
•
276 votes
Beetle
8%
•
115 votes
Dragonfly
5%
•
68 votes
Cicada
7%
•
97 votes
Yuck, all types of insects!
10%
•
141 votes
N/A
40%
•
574 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
23 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.09% | 3 | |
| all of them! | 0.03% | 1 |
| lice | 0.03% | 1 |
| june bugs | 0.03% | 1 |
| palmetto bugs | 0.03% | 1 |
| fleas | 0.03% | 1 |
| centerpede | 0.03% | 1 |
| centipedes | 0.03% | 1 |
| centipedes, milipedes, scorpions | 0.03% | 1 |
| many of the above are icky, but spiders...not really insects, but scare the poop out of me. | 0.03% | 1 |
| house centipede | 0.03% | 1 |
| scorpions | 0.03% | 1 |
| centipede | 0.03% | 1 |
| spiders | 0.03% | 1 |
| none | 0.03% | 1 |
| not a phobia, but sure don't like them | 0.03% | 1 |
| ticks & cave crickets | 0.03% | 1 |
| stink bugs | 0.03% | 1 |
| black widows | 0.03% | 1 |
| caterpillars | 0.03% | 1 |
| i am alergic to bee stings so i stay away from them but i am not afraid of them because they are bugs | 0.03% | 1 |
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