Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and ...

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 ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

including cleaning up their compounds by chasing out undesirable insects, because the jaglavak is commonly entrusted with chasing vermin out of infested dwellings. They fear the jaglavak might ...

IZUMO, Shimane Prefecture--Takuyuki Hamamura spent years trying to invent a snappy gizmo to harmlessly catch stink bugs as a favor to his wife who couldn’t stand handling them when they invaded ...

Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MDEntomophobia is an irrational and persistent fear of bugs. Those with a fear of insects ...