Caterpilars on goosberrys

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Brenjon
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The leaves on my one and only goosberry bush have been devoured by small green caterpillars. Hopefully the berrys are still remaining. Is this a normal infestation, as i have not had it happen in previous years and what is the best method of treating the bush to prevent the same in the future.
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Johnboy
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Hi Brenjon,
In a thread about 8 topics below this one there is a topic about Gooseberry Sawflies. I suspect that this is what you have on your Gooseberries.
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Excuse my ignorance. Is it thr sawfly that lays the larvae that then develop into these small caterpilars.
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This should help:-

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles06 ... sawfly.asp

Alan
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