gooseberries being eaten

by hundreds of small green catapillers. theyv'e almost eaten all the leaves already, in a few days. what should I do.

[ 26. August 2005, 06:55 PM: Message edited by: usernut ]

 

You can get a spray that will deal with caterpillas from the garden centre but I would remove them by hand and dispose of them. Check any remaining leaves for signs of eggs and remove them as well.

I wonder if they are sawfly lava my memory is saying that there is a gooseberry sawfly.

 

Black spotted,green caterpillers. Serpents of the Sawfly Think I was on the national flight path,so gave up :(