[mdjlucan]

Just noticed this on them little yellow eggs anyone know what they are thanks

[mumofstig]

I don't know which caterpillar they are (sawfly aren't usually bright yellow) but I'd just squish them so they can't eat the gooseberry leaves.

[Trikidiki]

Gooseberry sawfly eggs are translucent/almost clear and are laid on the underside of the leaf. Whatever those eggs belong to, I would remove them as mum suggested.

[mdjlucan]

Could it be a ladybird as I saw one on the Goosberry leave today

[mdjlucan]

They are ladybird Eggs just seen this picture

[mumofstig]

  I always thought LB eggs were pale cream, not yellow.


Live and learn!

[mdjlucan]

Why is the leaves looking like that

[Trikidiki]

I would be thinking it's aphids. Look on the underside of the leaves for them. It doesn't look too bad so there won't be too many there YET.

Soapy water or a proprietary spray will help control them. If it is only a few, squishing may suffice.

[Salmo]

Why do you think the ladybird layed it's eggs on your gooseberry bush? Maybe it found aphids and thought they would be good food for babies.

Why mess with nature.

[Trikidiki]

Why do you think the ladybird layed it's eggs on your gooseberry bush? Maybe it found aphids and thought they would be good food for babies.

Why mess with nature.

Because unfortunately nature is as likely to let the aphids 'win' as the ladybirds and the aphids unchecked will cause a serious decline in the crop produced and I garden to produce a crop (and for enjoyment). You might as well not bother weeding etc if you are going to leave things to 'Mother Nature'.

However, I am not a proponent of unfettered use of pesticides, I will sit and pick gooseberry sawfly from my bushes by hand, I spray blackfly off my broad beans with a water syringe rather than spray but sometimes you have to use all the weapons in your arsenal. Hence my comment regarding "squishing" if the numbers are low enough that this will produce a satisfactory control. My comments re spraying were to let mdjlucan know the options available to him.