Date: 4/28/24 12:43 pm From: April Campbell <adc14...> Subject: [birders] Off topic-Bugs
Growing currants and gooseberries was quite easy until…these guys showed up! This is the Currant Borer, Synanthedon tipuliformis, a nonnative pest of gooseberries and currants. They lead a “hidden lifestyle “ inside your canes and can destroy your bushes. I discovered them in my patch three years ago. I’ve had to prune back my shrubs rather severely because of this clear- wing moth( related to squash vine borer).I suspect they entered my garden in a plant I bought at a nursery. I’m now growing plants from first year cuttings which do not have the borer. Here is a picture of a pupae in one of my canes.
The lessons : keep a close eye on your plants and prune shrubs on a regular basis, know the life-cycle of the insect pests for your plants and examine any plants you buy for evidence of disease and pests.
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