These are also known as Aphidoletes Midges. They are bright red, and even though they just look like a tiny delicate worm, chew voraciously on aphids, normally attacking them head on. Their use in the hothouse vegetable industry is now standard, and a few small outdoor populations have been observed locally around greenhouse operations. This seems only for summer though, as they are not 'hardy' here. And it's probably a good thing as well.
Aphids are as much a part of springtime as the first daffodil of the season.
Read all about the aphid life-cycle, the varying forms of aphid, and begin to understand their ways. The debate goes on about which pesticides are the safest and whether insects and diseases are more of a threat to human health than small exposures of toxic pesticides, but that's beside the point. They're all bad. Database of IPM Resources IPM stands for integrated pest management. IPM is the reduction of pest problems by actions selected once the pest is known and understood, and the ecological and economic consequences of these actions have been predicted, as accurately as possible, to be in the best interest of mankind.