It's that time of year again. If your gooseberry leaves are
disappearing at
a rate of knots - these are what you're looking for.
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/Sawfly1.jpg
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/Sawfly2.jpg

They are beautifully camouflaged and quite difficult to see. Pic 1
shows a
typical position along the edge of a leaf.

I'm doing this through google because something in my new set up isn't
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Rod

Interesting. I had something similar a few weeks back but without the
black bits. They rapidly ate leaves on the gooseberry bush starting from
the edge.

Fairly obvious if you check the damaged leaves.

They're dead now.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

I have seen the effects of gooseberry sawfly and they are very devastating.
Earlier this year I had catepillars on my redcurrants. I dealt with them
very quickly-are they the same beast?
"Steve Harris" wrote in message
...
Interesting. I had something similar a few weeks back but without the
black bits. They rapidly ate leaves on the gooseberry bush starting from
the edge.

Fairly obvious if you check the damaged leaves.

They're dead now.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/