actually before the fear of hairy caterpillars comes the fear of
being under a mango tree. 
when i was in pri sch, there were mango trees near the canteen, and
a bunch of us girls would always stand around the area eating ice
cream.
one day, i saw a caterpillar hanging from the tree. then one night,
i had a bad dream about someone being bitten by a hairy caterpillar
and then that person just began to... decompose. 