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
Evolutionary instincts.
Our ancestors learned quickly that insects are vectors for disease and that some of these are poisonous/venomous:any large concentration of insect life implies that the area is unsafe to live in either due to disease or decay of corpses that imply this zone is a predator’s hunting ground.
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