DD suddenly scared of everything!!

[Pagan]

She's 21 months and has suddenly taken to wailing and bawling at:

flies
bees
creepy crawlies
aeroplanes
any form of vehicle

I'm not the swooning at a beastie type and have never shown any fear of such things in front of her (I'm a SAHM). She was never bothered by them before and only ever wailed at the hoover. Ironically she's now outgrown that fear. She has also become very clingy when there are other kids present.

She is just constantly whiney for no apparent reason whereas before she was angelic

Is it just a phase of age?

DS1 (26 months) is suddenly scared of flies and bees. He was gearing up to be scared of spiders too till I told him they eat flies.

dino-mum, how long did the phase last? and did you Do Anything to try to shorten it?