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Picking gooseberries
seacrows
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in Fruit & veg
We have two Hinnonmaki Red just coming to the end of their season. I'm picking away before I prune. I pick a fairly large berry, deep in the bush, but it's a little soft, so I look down, and there's a black and yellow face staring up at me. I squeaked and froze, and a fairly good sized wasp uncurled, pulled itself out of the gooseberry and flew around my head until I took the hint and left.
What was it doing? Do wasps actually eat out the centres of berries, was she taking a nap somewhere convenient after a slug had cored it, do wasps lay eggs in berries that will fall to the ground and be ignored? I know wasps like the juice, but this was about her own bodyweight in gooseberry flesh!
What was it doing? Do wasps actually eat out the centres of berries, was she taking a nap somewhere convenient after a slug had cored it, do wasps lay eggs in berries that will fall to the ground and be ignored? I know wasps like the juice, but this was about her own bodyweight in gooseberry flesh!
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