Nematus ribesii

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Nematus ribesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Nematus
Species: N. ribesii
Binomial name
Nematus ribesii
(Scopoli, 1763)

Nematus ribesii, the gooseberry sawfly or gooseberry caterpillar, is a common pest of gooseberries. They will eat all the leaves from your gooseberry bush. There are 3 to 4 generations in the year, living between late April and September.

Nematus ribesii oviposition

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