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
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J3705
DOCID
12037050
D7NID
166370
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020