fear of bugs

This afternoon a mosquito got in the car with us. We were all buckled in when it decided to land on Glitter's leg. Glitter is afraid of bugs. Sparkle and I both urged her to smack it. Instead she shrieked and whimpered and stuck her leg straight out and held her hands as far away as she could. Sparkle waved her hands around as close as possible, but couldn't reach from her seat. Then the mosquito flew off for a while and then returned to Glitter's ankle. That bug bit her three times before she got up enough courage to swat at it. Unfortunately she missed. We finally arrived at our destination and the mosquito escaped when I opened my door. Apparently Glitter was afraid that if she hit the mosquito, it would bite her hand. Poor girl.