When I was a kid my sister told me butterflies land on your head and lay eggs that turn into worms. I'm in my 40s and I still hate butterflies.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to think that since caterpillars become butterflies, earth worms must become moths.— Moth Man
- I used to believe that butterflies would eat your nose.— Kate G.
- I used to think that butterflies made butter— Christophe R.
- I used to think butterflies were made of butter.Anon
- i used to believe that butterflies are fairies that crossed the rainbow— sillyme
- I believed butterflies taste like butterAnon