I don’t like moths, really that is an understatement i would say actually that you could pretty much classify me as ‘Mottephobic’.
Mottephobia falls in the category of specific animal phobias. It is an anxiety disorder which is not as common as Arachnophobia – the fear of spiders, but is relatively widespread. The disorder triggers a severe panic attack in some cases where the sufferer continuously pictures a moth attacking him/her. Moths are generally harmless creatures and considered quite beautiful by insect lovers around the world. But to a Mottephobic individual, the creatures appear evil or downright frightening. They are especially afraid of stepping outdoors in the summer months, when moth populations are rampant.
If a moth flaps its stupid flappy wings near me I’m basically pushing women and children into it’s path to save myself. Even dead moths are a problem, i have one in my lovely Harmon Hadron Soundsticks. They are basically ruined because of it. They still work perfectly, but they are associated with moths now !!
