Fear of butterflies and moths is not that unusual I don't think... I
lived with TWO people last year who would scream murder if they saw
them... one of them fainted!!!
You are not alone... :)

--- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com, "eagerman2002"
<eagerman2002@y...> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I just found out yesterday that I wasn't alone! Today I found
this
> group. It is reassuring and a little bit spooky that someone else
> has this phobia.
>
> I am very afraid of butterflies and moths. This stems back to a
> childhood experience I had with two very large cecropia moths.
>
>
> As a young person I had several experiences where butterflies
> actually chased me. That may sound strange, but when you run
forty
> or fifty yards flat out and turn around to see the butterfly you
were
> running from, RIGHT IN YOUR face...!
>
> Remarkably enough, the guy I found on the net last night had also
> been chased as a child.
>
> Now for the fanciful speculation....I think that there are some
shapes
> that some humans have an innate fear response to, when they
encounter
> it.
>
> The shape and design of butterfly wings in combination with what
are
> often, remarkable colors I think might beone of those. I can
thinkof
> a few others. Any one have any thoughts on this?
>
>
>
>
> --- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com, "Emily Glowacki"
> <dimethyl_mercury@s...> wrote:
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:11:03 -0000
> > From: "m_hare2000" <harem@l...>
> > Subject: Hello
> >
> > I think the phobia I have been associated with is really unusual
> > and
> > so far I havn't been able to find any information on it.
Actually
> > I
> > don't have this phobia myself, however a close member of my
family
> > does. It is an unusually strong fear of butterflies. The
common
> > house fly dosn't cause any of the panic attacks and even some
> > moths
> > are tolerated, but she becomes extremely frightened if a
butterfly
> > evens comes close. So, does anyone have any information or know
> > anyone who has this same phobia?
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Hi, I'm new here. Name's Emily, I'm in college in Alaska. I
just
> > wanted to say a couple things.
> > One, when I was younger, I did have a phobia of butterflies. It
> > was because of the way they flew, all crazy and jittery. I
> > thought they were possessed. Also, it freaked me out (and still
> > does) when they are sitting down and slowly opening and closing
> > their wings. Yikes!
> >
> > But I have bigger, stronger phobias. Probably the strongest one
> > is my fear of rainbows. I couldn't find the name of it
anywhere,
> > so I propose to call it "IRIDOPHOBIA." I begin to
hyperventilate,
> > and I just basically panick. I have screamed and cried before
> > when the sight of a rainbow has caught me offguard. Worse than
> > regular rainbows are halos. See my webpage for a picture I made
> > of an actual "halo" I saw last year in about late March/early
> > April: http://www.geocities.com/inverse_monk/me2.html
> >
> > Well that's all I have time for, but remind me later to explain
> > how my phobia of rainbows includes the Aurora Borealis too!
Hmm,
> > maybe it isn't smart for me to live here in Alaska!
> >
> > Love, Emily
> >
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