For as long as I can remember, my mom has been deathly afraid of butterflies, moths, lady bugs and generally anything that flutters.  She's scared of butterflies, but I've never seen her run away from a bee or wasp; something that could actually hurt her.  It's completely irrational.  When we were at Cyprus Gardens in Florida, she managed to work up the courage to go in the butterfly house, where they fly freely around.  My dad thought it would be funny to flick the back of her hair to see what she would do.  She ran screaming out of the butterfly house!  We laughed so hard!