Hi there bug lovers! On today's show Jody Green and Michael Skvarla talk about fears surrounding our six-legged friends. For some people insects produce feelings of unease and the heebie jeebies! What is that brought them to this and is there any way to overcome it? These questions and more, answered today on Arthro-Pod! Show notes for today:  Entomophobia – Fear of insectsCommon entomophobias or insect-related phobias:Apiphobia or melissophobia – fear of beesSpheksophobia – fear of waspsMyrmecophobia – fear of antsAcaraphobia – fear of mitesArachnophobia – fear of spidersMottephobia – fear of moths Phobias or fears are not just a dislike for insects or a certain insect, but a deep, persistent and unreasonable fear which elicits symptoms of anxiety (heart palpitations, sweating, trembling, nausea, loss of breath, dizziness) when presented with an entomological stimulus.  Immersion therapy can involve exposing arachnophobes to spiders such as tarantulas Causes of specific phobias could be a variety of factors including traumatic childhood experiences, medical condition, genetic predisposition, learned behavior, fear by association and/or an evolutionary or cultural response.  Arthropods in U.S. Homes:NC State Matt Bertone: https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/01/bertone-home-arthropod-2016/   Some Insect Horror Films (if you are looking for a Halloween movie marathon!)Them! The Naked Jungle 1954Tarantula 1955 The Deadly Mantis. The Black Scorpion,  Monster from Green Hell, Beginning of the End 1957The Fly, The Spider, The Strange World of Planet X 1958 Return of the Fly, The Wasp Woman 1959  Body in the Web 1960 Mothra 1961The Deadly Bees 1966Hives of Horror 1967Genocide 1968 Phase IV 1974 Bug, The Giant Spider Invasion 1975Squirm 1976Empire of the Ants, Kingdom of the Spiders 1977The Swarm, The Bees 1978Phenomena 1985The Fly 1986The Nest 1988The Fly II 1989Arachnophobia 1990Naked Lunch 1991Ticks, Skeeter 1993Mosquito 1994 Mimic, Starship Troopers 1997 Bug Buster 1998Spiders, The Nest 2000Arachnid, Mimic 2 2001Eight Legged Freaks, Infested 2002Mimic 3: Sentinel 2003Insecticidal, Glass Trap, Killing Bee 2005 In The Spider’s Web 2007Infestation, Invicta 2009 Jody has meleagrisphobia – fear of turkeys Mike has basophobia or basiphobia – fear of falling Questions? Comments?  Follow the hosts on Twitter @JLarson_UNL, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through iTunes!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're on Stitcher too!  This episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Beginning/ending theme: "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0