Feedback on my gooseberry question

Is it possible that my currant worms were actually sawfly larvae/worms? In desperation, despite thinking they were currant worms, and despite a sense that they responded somewhat to BT, I decided over the fall/winter that they could be sawflies, and hit them with 2 good shots of pyrethin when the baby worms were first started doing leaf damage — maybe 8 weeks ago? No recurrences at all. I think it must have been sawfly worms and killed not only the worms but also everything harbored in the mulch on the ground beneath the plants. I’m blown away.

Posted by John Eastlake on June 26, 2023