Garden Pests and Diseases: Help ID and Kill these Bugger's PLEASE, 1 by JLD_II

JLD_II wrote:
Can anyone ID these guys that are eating away on a Schefflera a friend just gave us? I brought it inside since it's getting cooler and noticed some new foliage/branches that were limp as if dried out. Well they are dried out but not from lack of water, these bugs are sucking the juices right out of them.
Here is 1 almost actual size photo that I'll follow with some serious macro/close up lens photo's.
BTW, I just use the macro setting on my camera then a macro lens with close up filters stacked on top.