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
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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
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