centipede phobia?

Question

is there a specific name for the phobia of centipedes? not of insects- i love insects. centipedes aren't insects. they're horrifiying.

yes dude, you do get centipedes. my neighbor is minoring in entomology.
its not just that i dont like them, im horrified of them. like, i refuse to go down to the basement after i saw one down there...i tried but i started crying and hyperventalating...

Answer 1

There doesn't appear to be a name for phobia of centipedes.

Perhaps it's a form of herpetophobia or entomophobia?

Answer 2

hi same right here.. i'm exxxtremely fearful of centipedes too. very last time i said a really large centipede became interior my abode and that i in basic terms yelled . then my husband rushed to me and looking out nothin to kill it with i managed to snatch a large hammer and make him to kill it ... because then i cant sleep proper .. i even can see centipede in my dream ....and residing my phobia.

Answer 3

To the first guy you DO get Centipedes in the U.S. You might not get MILLIPEDES although I think they wander around too. They are two different critters. Actually there were centipedes in my apartment. They are creepy things I agree. Also really fast when they want to be. Anyone who has had them would probably not like them.

Answer 4

i agree so much, im aboy, i came home from vacation, saw a centipede and i was sitting on the floor greeting my cat, i scremmed like a girl and was afraid to do down stairs, all my cuzins are afraid of them too... ever since we were little tikes

Answer 5

I hate those things! I had one that was all hairy once when I first moved into my apartment. It was in the sink in my bathroom and I never used that bathroom again. It became the cat's room.

Answer 6

Hmmm...Maybe just stay out of tropical rainforests, and you won't have to worry about true centipedes. If it's in the US, it's not a centipede.