50 Weird Phobias Related To Pests

Simon Berenyi • 11 January 2023

Top 50 List Of Phobias Related To Pests

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Pest Control's Top Phobias

When it comes to our fears of pests, it's surprising to discover just how many phobias are related to pest control.


Phobias Related To Pest Control - Real or Imagined?


Do You Have Any?


Animals - Zoophobia

Ants - Myrmecophobia

Bacteria - Bacteriophobia

Bats - Chiroptophobia

Bees - Apiphobia or Melissophobia

Birds - Ornithophobia

Butterflies and Moths - Mottephobia

Cats - Aclurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia

Creepy, crawly things - Herpetophobia

Dampness, moisture or liquids - Hydrophobia

Death or dying - Thanatophobia

Death or dead things - Necrophobia

Decaying matter - Seplophobia

Dirt, contamination or infection - Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia

Dirt or filth - Rhypophobia or Rupophobia

Dirty, being dirty or personal filth - Automysophobia

Disease - Nosophobia or Pathophobia

Disease and suffering - Panthophobia

Dogs or rabies - Cynophobia

Dust - Amathophobia or Koniophobia

Feathers or being tickled by feathers - Pteronophobia

Faecal matter, faeces - Coprophobia or Scatophobia

Filth or dirt - Rhypophobia

Fire - Arsonphobia or Pyrophobia

Hoarding - Disposophobia

Infection, contamination or dirt - Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia

Insects - Acarophobia or Entomophobia or Insectophobia

Insects that eat wood - Isopterophobia

Insects that cause itching - Acarophobia

Lice - Pediculophobia or Phthiriophobia

Mushrooms - Mycophobia

Odour, that one has a vile odour - Autodysomophobia

Poison - Lophobia

Poisoned, being - Toxiphobia, Toxophobia, or Toxicophobia

Rabies - Cynophobia, Hydrophobophobia, Hydrophobia, Kynophobia, or Lyssophobia

Rat, great mole - Zemmiphobia

Reptiles - Herpetophobia

Small things - Microphobia, Mycrophobia

Smells and odours - Olfactophobia

Snakes - Ophidiophobia or Snakephobia

Spiders - Arachnophobia

Stings - Cnidophobia

Tapeworms - Taeniophobia

Termites - Isopterophobia

Vomiting - Emetophobia

Wasps - Spheksophobia

Wild animals - Agrizoophobia

Worms - Scoleciphobia and Vermiphobia

Worms, being infested with - Helminthophobia


If you know of any others pertinent to Pest Control, please share them with us in the comments.


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