At any rate, I have them, my plants are great, they keep the fungus gnats down
Root Aphids leave a white residue on your soil and base of the stem. They also can move very fast. Plants that look good in veg then wilt in flower is a symptom of RA. I have found met52 to be effective, although i bet some people don't have the proper environment to innoculate their medium with the fungus. You might want to check out:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=159960
You have the same mite? do your plants look good through flower? do you knock the population down with Bonides "mite-x" or do you just leave them be? where can you buy Mite-X, online only?
Ants can bring aphids into your grow.