Had the same issue, tried cleaning them off the leaves (didn’t have insecticidal soap though) which helped a bit, but they eventually came back (Metro Van, so slightly different conditions).
Kept killing them by hand regularly, which allowed the pepper to survive but no new leaves would make it as they were instantly attacked by the bugs and dried out.
In the end, I just had to chuck the pepper after getting 1 little habanero off it 😑
I haven’t come across a silver bullet solution when searching, so hopefully someone with positive experience can chime in.
Had the same issue, tried cleaning them off the leaves (didn’t have insecticidal soap though) which helped a bit, but they eventually came back (Metro Van, so slightly different conditions).
Kept killing them by hand regularly, which allowed the pepper to survive but no new leaves would make it as they were instantly attacked by the bugs and dried out.
In the end, I just had to chuck the pepper after getting 1 little habanero off it 😑 I haven’t come across a silver bullet solution when searching, so hopefully someone with positive experience can chime in.