BRITS have revealed their most bizarre fears - with buttons, balloons, and the colour yellow making the list.

       Researchers who polled 2,000 adults to reveal the nation’s eclectic mix of phobias with trypophobia - the fear of small holes – and nlaiguphobia – the fear of tin openers both featuring.

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       Balloons was listed within the top 20 of adult phobias Credit: Alamy

       Nomophobia – the fear of being without your mobile phone – is also a ‘popular’ phobia – as is arachibutyrophobia – the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

       Heights, spiders, snakes and enclosed spaces topped the list of most common fears, along with dentists, ghosts and the dark.

       It also emerged that 77 per cent of adults have a phobia of something – with 15 per cent admitting to having what might be considered an unusual fear.

       A spokesperson for craft beer makers, Beavertown, which commissioned the research, said: “It’s no secret that fears like spiders and heights are common.

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       “But knowing that things like peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth and being without your phone top the UK’s list of fears really is revealing as to what we now find scary.

       “And what better time to find out than Halloween?”

       “In fact, we’ve just released a new black lager, Flesh, to join our specials range for a limited time.”

       Other obscure phobias included the fear of belly buttons – omphalophobia, trees – dendrophobia, and the colour red – erythrophobia.

       The study also identified some of the challenges of living with a fear, with 35 per cent worried their phobia makes them appear too weak to others.

       Which might explain why 24 per cent of those with a phobia have attempted to keep it secret from loved ones.

       For more than a third (36 per cent) it has also hindered their ability to socialise.

       But 23 per cent have sought professional help to overcome a fear.

       Carried out through OnePoll, the study found 30 per cent of adults consider the Halloween period to be the scariest time of the year.

       A spokesperson for Beavertown added: “Halloween is our favourite time of the year.

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       The colour yellow is listed as a common fear in the UK Credit: Alamy

       COMMON FEARS IN THE UK

       1. Heights

       2. Spiders

       3. Snakes

       4. Enclosed spaces

       5. Dentists

       6. Ghosts

       7. The Dark

       8. Needles

       9. Clowns

       10. Flying

       11. Blood

       12. The devil

       13. Water

       14. Being home alone

       15. Old houses

       16. Birds

       17. Small holes

       18. Halloween

       19. Being without your mobile phone

       20. Aliens

       21. Balloons

       22. Large/ open spaces

       23. Tin opener

       24. Belly buttons

       25. Numbers

       26. The colour yellow

       27. Buttons

       28. Peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth

       29. Trees

       30. The colour red