gooseberry bush caterpillers

hi all

Iv found some caterpillers on my gooseberry bush but they dont seem to match the sawfly. they are black, hairy with white spikes along their backs. they look really ugly and are about 1/2 inch long.

Its torrential rain here but when it stops i'll take a pic and post it on here.

any ideas anyone?

 

Hey, Try this website out and see if its any of these as they are most of the caterpillers in the UK,

http://www.uksafari.com/caterpillars.htm

Hope it helps

 

Thanks greener me thats a great site just ID'd the caterpillar I found the other day