The caterpillars are bad dudes
I fought them for two years, and finally gave up. I tried sprays and also picking them off by hand. Both methods would only keep them off my oleanders for a few days. They can strip most of the leaves from an oleander in a week or two. I finally cut down my two oleanders (which never produced a blossom anyway), dug up the roots and replaced them with knockout roses. No more worms to fight and lots of blossoms.
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