Wow - the pictures of the caterpillar look exactly like what I found in mid June all over my 2-3 ft tall mandevilla vine (that I planted in April). Were eating the leaves. I hand picked them, and did it again 2 days later. Then had to leave. So I'm guessing when we get down that my mandevilla will be history. The link provided here says to cut of the infested branch - had I done that there wouldn't have been any left (but there might be anyway).
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