Found a red assassin bug...

[USMuscle9403]

Unfortunately I don't have a pic I don't even have pics of myself, LOL. Anyways, it was here in SC under a rotten log. It's bright red and fairly slim as far as assassin bugs go. Body length is maybe 3/4", very long antennae. Is there any way to tell what species this is just from this description. Sorry if I'm too vague...

 

[Wade]

That's probably not enough to go on, but does it have wings? It may be a nymph, and many assassin nymphs are brightly colored. Wheel bugs, for example, are bright red in the early instars.

Wade

 

[USMuscle9403]

Yep, can fly very well too. I just noticed something else, it has some pretty sharp looking spines on it's thorax, 4 or 5 of them. NOT wheel bug type points, mind you.