He. If arachnophobia is the fear of spiders then...what is the fear of these called!! Link below!!?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_spider Is the rational fear of them still arachnophobia? Curiosity!

Answer 1

Arachnophobia is no just the fear of spiders. It is the fear of Arachnids, including scorpions... that is not a spider, but it's still an arachnid and we should all be scared of them!

Answer 2

Yes because its still part of the Class Arachnida which is where the word Arachnophobia comes from.

Answer 3

Phobias are a psychological disorder that only relate to an _irrational_ fear of something.

A rational fear of something with the real possibility of causing pain or damage is not a disorder; and therefore can not be classed as a phobia.

For example a fear of clowns is generally taken to be irrational and therefore is a disorder called Coulrophobia.

However a fear of having your wallet stolen is a real and significant danger and is not a phobia.

Answer 4

To all those people who said Arachnophobia isn't just the fear of "spiders" it is. It doesn't come from the word Arachnid, it comes from the Greek word Arachne - Spiders.  

Answer 5

yup..thats arachnophobia embodied

Answer 6

No of course not.  For these beast it becomes a two word name;-

Common Sense!

Answer 7

Yeah, because its still in the class Arachnid, which is what arachnaphobia comes means. Fear of arachnids(which includes scorpions). But still, who wouldn't at least be a little scared about that?