I am going to guess aphids for the newest infestation. I had them just a couple weeks after bringing in my plants...never had them during the summer. Without a photo, it is hard to say for sure what your bugs are but like I said, that opague cream color sounds like mine. I am by no means an expert. Someone else may be able to give you better advice. Here are the "aphids" i had to deal with. i used Ortho brand Insecticidal soap...worked great and two months later, no aphids.
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If you can post a photo, then you will get much more accurate opinions on what they are.
Bruce

Triazicide sprayed inside is pretty dangerous. You won't drop dead immediately or break out in death-rash, but you don't want to make a regular practice of being around indoors, inhaling, or otherwise consuming it.

If you wish to still apply it indoors seek advice and/or treatment if you experience facial tingling or regular "prickling" feeling in your body.

There's no evident of cancer with it and it usually doesn't burn if you spill it on your skin, but it's not something you want floating around in the environment for 12-24+ hours after applying it.

By the way...triazicide tends to be less volatile in the air after 12-24 hours, but it persists on plant surfaces for 5-7 days in residue amounts.

I don't consider the stuff hugely dangerous, but unless it's applied in granules I wouldn't use it inside and I'd handle the plants carefully (aka, wear gloves or not touch) for a few weeks after application.

Yah, right. And some one once told me I couldn't use a blow torch indoors to kill aphids. :)
Then again, some one said I couldn't use a shotgun indoors either...they were right that time though.
Bruce

I didnt spray the plants indoors. Like I said in the OP, I took them outside, sprayed them, allowed them to dry for 2 hours so the fumes were gone, then brought them in. No problem.

I actually worked as a registered/licensed pesticide applicator for 7 years for a large national lawn service chain in the late 80's/early 90's, and although almost all the insect controls we used to use are now banned and not for sale, that Triazicide seems nastier and more dangerous to your lungs than anything I used to use back in the day(Dursban, Triumph, Diazinon, Oftanol, etc.).

When I first sprayed Triazicide on my Dahlias growing in my garden this summer, it's fumes tore my throat and lungs up, til it dried.....

I though all these 'new' insecticides were supposed to be safer?

Also, the picture posted by esox07 looks exactly like the insects on my peppers.

Highlander, then your bug id is definitely APHIDS. I used Insecticidal soap and it took care of the problem in about a week with three treatments. It is natural and completely safe for humans. Aphids dont like it though. Bug free for over a month now. Check the link to my thread below for more information.
Bruce.

Here is a link that might be useful: Insecticidal Soap for Aphids

a spray of a couple of tablespoons of dish soap ("soap", not "dishwashing liquid") mixed in a gallon of water will take care of them. if you really want to spend money on it you can buy insecticidal soap or rotenone pyrethrin instead.

while aphids breed like crazy and tend to show up in large amounts all at once they are actually one of the easiest critters to get rid of in my experience as long as you don't have ants farming them which you are unlikely to have in your situation.

Ladybugs (and their larvae) will also clear plants of aphids....which I agree are what you have.

Josh

while beneficials (mainly ladybugs and mantis') are a help in keeping down evil bugs to begin with, in my experience once you have a large infestation it's time for more drastic measures.

Define 'large infestation' ;-)

Do you mean where the buds and the leaves are literally obscured by and dripping with aphids?
If so, I've had infestations like that, and Ladybugs took care of the problem without flinching.

Generally, folks don't overwinter a great number of plants, and so the problem is usually
much more manageable. If Ladybugs are an option in your area, I really feel they are the best option.
Just spray off the plants to mechanically remove the excess aphids, and then loose the Ladybugs.

In my experience, one Ladybug will clear a medium-sized plant. When I overwintered more plants,
I would simply move the Ladybugs from one plant to another. The Ladybug larva are even more
adept and voracious at aphid control. When the Ladybugs have done their work, I move them to my
Hoyas, which are even greater aphid magnets.

Josh

Ladybugs might be great for outdoors or in a greenhouse that is separate from a house, but if I told the others in my house that I was going to control one bug problem by introducing ANOTHER bug into the house, there's no way anyone would be having any of that, no matter how much sense it makes. :)

Ladybugs are very polite indoors.

And, seriously, who doesn't like Ladybugs? ;-)

They stay put, for the most part, and tend to migrate toward the closest window when they've
finished off the aphids on a plant. At which point you can return them to the plant or release
them (if the weather is agreeable).

Even Ladybug larvae, which look like Gila monsters to me, are well behaved indoors.

Josh

Josh is right, Ladybugs are great house guests.

They:
- don't smell
- never leave dirty dishes on the counter
- borrow your clothes
- make long distance phone calls and stick you with the bill
- always relieve themselves in their designated area
- never hog the TV remote
- don't snore
- don't drink your beer
- don't listen to rap music
- don't hit on your significant other
- etc. etc. etc.

Seriously, they are very effective at ridding your plants of aphids and they aren't really noticeable.

If you had said they do the dishes, I would be in for a 1k pack.
Bruce

Problem is, my roomate hates all insects. She does like ladybugs, but doesnt want hundreds of them in the house.

Our greenhouse is actually part of the main house, so they would be flying all over the place in the house.

Plus, it's December outside, and it's getting cold! Its not summer now, so there are no ladybugs. I here you can buy them, but who sells them in dead winter? It's about 28 degrees F right now!

I actually made a mix of water, extra virgin olive oil(only oil I had), plus some dish soap, plus some Tobasco sauce. Its ironic that it might be peppers that kill the bugs that are trying to kill my peppers!

I hope your homemade bug-killer sauce does the trick. But save the tobasco to enjoy yourself as it won't do anything to deter the bugs. It is only mammals that are affected by capsaicin, the rest of the animal and insect world doesn't have any reaction to it whatsoever (which is why birds have no trouble eating what to humans are incredibly hot "bird peppers").

March biological sells them in the dead of winter. I bought some from them last January and released them in my basement. They cleared up the aphid infestation in short order, and I never saw any of them flying around, either in the house or the basement. Worked wonders for me. YMMV.

BTW, I don't think regular dish soap (detergent) is what you want to use. It has to be actual soap, and should not be the antibacterial kind that is so prevalent these days. I'm not sure what brands fit the bill.