This question just popped up in my mind after being scared by the tiniest of spiders. It’s such a universal fear yet it’s completely irrational, in most cases atleast.
There’s very little most insects can do to you, unless you live in Australia lol.
So why are we so scared of something that we can just kill with one slap.
Is it socialisation? Some primal instinct?
In: Biology
I read somewhere that fear of insects can be more nurture than nature, a learned fear. That toddlers are more likely to pick up bugs than any other age.
Makes sense to me. I imagine most parents would tell their kids that bugs might bite them or have germs if they saw them playing with them.
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