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What is shredding the leaves on my gooseberry bushes?

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This is gooseberry sawfly, which can completely strip your plants. Spray with PY Insecticide from Vitax or use Nemasys Caterpillar Killer from Harrod Horticultural as a biological control. Cultivate under the bushes so that the birds can find and eat the pupa hiding in the soil.

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