Garden Pests and Diseases: White Aphid Sighting..., 1 by runnerboy713

runnerboy713 wrote:
I saw a white aphid scurrying away from the mulch around my lilac when watering it and another on one of my wild hydrangeas. While 2 aphids is hardly a major outbreak, I am hoping to nip aphid problems in the bud this year. I want to avoid any chemical pesticides and am wondering about two things:

1)If anyone has tried organic/natural methods that have either worked well or not so well.
2)If anyone knows of where I can purchase native ladybugs (I've heard that is a good remedy but that the Asian ones are potentially invasive and would like to support a native habitat--I've had not luck finding specifically native lady bugs though)