[lacewing]

My gooseberry bush has lost all it's leaves. It now looks like a freak plant with loads of fruit but not a single leaf. The leaves have'nt just droped off as the spines are still there, sticking out all over the place. I can't imagine the birds eating the leaves instead of the fruit. The whole thing looks really weird.

[DD.]

Just pop "sawfly" into a forum search.

A lot have reported this problem this year.

[savbo]

another sawfly species is defoliating whole ash trees in manchester - anyone else spotted it?

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[Potiron]

   Mine to Lacewing, but not a sight of a creepy-crawley, ( Sawfly caterpillar ).

[Dominic]

It happened to mine last year, couldnt find any of the * on it though, this year, it roared back and has doubled in size.