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On first glance, looks like aphids or mites. The fact that they're large enough to see at this distance on a camera makes me think they aren't aphids, but I'm not super familiar with the species in your area.
For aphids, the best natural solution is a healthy population of ladybugs / asian lady beetles, their food source are aphids. If you saw less of them when you saw a lot of ladybugs, then I think this is the answer. You can find some places that will sell you ladybugs in different stages of life that you can then let loose in a greenhouse. Otherwise, you could try Neem Oil, that does the trick if you're persistent enough in application, because aphids can be sneaky and hide on the underside of the leaves. Soak the plants!
If it's mites, though, depends on the type. Those can be much harder to deal with with, and are even sneakier / survive through many rounds of treatment. Immune to some treatments, even. I think ladybugs may still help to some degree, but Praying Mantis will also do some damage in this situation. I had 3 Mantis in my garden for a while, the three Musketeers!
I don't use chemicals, so I don't have any suggestions on stronger stuff for either case.
If I knew where I could buy ladybugs in town it would have been my go-to :(
Next year I plan to lure or just manually move a shitload of ladybugs in before it gets cold out
Edit: I will look for neem oil at my garden supply store, or at the local hippy woo store if the garden place doesn't have it. It being ladybug-safe is attractive, I think my nicotine would kill them