spheksophobia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

spheksophobia (uncountable)

1. Fear of wasps.
   • 2006, Des Kennedy, The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb, page 211:

     A few episodes of harvesting ripe peaches and plums and getting viciously stung by the winged insects hiding inside the splitting fruit is more than sufficient to trigger a bout of spheksophobia, the fear of wasps.

   • 2006 December 7, A MUZEing.., “It's nearly summer.. spheksophobia season!”, in Plenty Of Fish‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2010-06-28:

     I want to hear from others who are scared of being stung so they stay away from fun occasions to avoid the possibility.