Your son's fear of insects is not unusual. It is called entomophobia which means an irrational and uncontrollable fear (phobia) of insects, usually a specific insect or group of insects (wasps and ...
She has a bug phobia after contracting malaria when she ... of bugs,” the 44-year-old told Us Weekly. But Rebel said her fear of bugs got especially bad when she contracted malaria at 18.