itch, itch, ahh

can you see it? that little devil, a caterpillar

as soon as i returned from tessaoua from my trip to senegal...i began itching. it was weird. but then i realized that i wasn't the only one itching. sarah was. my neighbors were. everyone was itching. i'm talking painful, burning, itching. nothing took away the itching.
















rumor has it that the source of the itching was the little caterpillar above. they were everywhere! supposedly if they touch you or if their hairs touch you - which were all in the air - you would itch. think it's funny? well, it wasn't!

there was one funny aspect though. the fulani added, "how are the catepillars?" to their greetings.
imagine: how's the family? how are the rains? how is work? and how are the catepillars?!!

my fulani friends were shocked that the caterpillars even touched us white folks...like we're immune or something!

















after about a week or two of itching, the caterpillars turned into annoying, little moths!
check them out on my wall below.