[2026] Gooseberry sawfly larvae

[Multiveg]

Just a heads up... spotted some holes in my currant leaves today.... the start of the gooseberry sawfly season...

[Multiveg]

Picked a few more off....  I noticed some ants carrying away one... so I have been picking the larvae off and dropping where the ants roam... and they've sent reinforcements... and seem quite accepting of all the larvae...

[Palustris]

Pesticide free way to go!

[galina]

A number of years ago we had a very tame blackbird.  Saw me in the garden and 'demanded' I dig some worms for him.  Followed me everywhere for food, off to the nest to feed the young and back again.  When I had gooseberry sawfly, he followed me into the fruit cage and helped himself to them.  When I went out, he followed out again.  Same the next day.  Until they were gone!  Unfortunately blackbirds only live for two years.  This one was unusually tame. I guess picking the sawfly off and dropping them near a blackbird's nest will see them gone fast too.