Chilopodophobia

Centipedes are the one of the nastiest creature on the face of the planet. Most things with more than four legs creep me out (except for the tiny harmless ant), but centipedes are king when it comes to the most disgusting arthropods.

This fear mostly stems from what happens if the foul beasts latches onto a part of my body. An ant on an arm only causes a small tingling sensation, almost like an itch. A centipede can be up to 12 inches of pure grotesqueness. It's slimy touch causes pure spasm. Just the thought of a centipede crawling all of over my body gives me chills. They also have pairs of long legs that sprout from every segment of its body. Tentacle like appendages enables them to transport its body of vile filth extremely quickly, hence increasing the changes of human-to-pede contact. This also ranks them as scarier than millipedes, which have two pairs of tiny legs per body segment. Millipedes do not move nearly as fast.

But most importantly, centipedes are difficult to dispose of. I suppose your daddy using a spray can of bug eliminator or calling in the SWAT team would do the trick, but if you find one in your bathroom when you're alone at your house, you're on your own. The centipede is simply too big to squash under a napkin. You're bound to see it's guts or worse, only get its tail. A paper towel is bigger, but you'll undoubtedly feel the smushing and possibly the wrenching of the bug's final seconds. Simple killing requires the use of 20-30 sheets of paper towel. Also, the bug sports lighting quick agility, making the probability of a miss extremely high. In this case, you have just decreased the distance the centipede needs to attack your hand. One-on-one, you're helpless against the centipede.