1. World problems
  2. Fear of insects

Fear of insects

  • Entomophobia

Claim

Modern society tends to be entomophobic, afraid of insects, and constantly at war with them. Yet 99.9% of insects are beneficial or neutral with respect to humans and only 0.1% are pests. If pesticides are used to kill the latter, than society risks the loss of the majority of species, thereby destroying many that are in effect allies.

Broader

Phobia
Presentable

Aggravates

Insect pests
Presentable

Aggravated by

Related

Arachnophobia
Yet to rate

Value

Fear
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Invertebrates » Insects
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J3705
    DOCID
    12037050
    D7NID
    166370
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020