I found a wasp? What is this critter?

RavenBlue

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I might either keep or release it depending on what it is.I currently have her in a 3 gallon terrarium until I figure it out.Anyone know what kind of creature this is or what it eats? I'm going to offer some different foods I know some wasps eat until I find out what to do with it.I named her Viper
 

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RavenBlue

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Update: I gave her somewhere to hide in(a small cardboard box) and some water.Offered a dead cockroach and some fruit flies, will try sugar water if she doesn't take that
 

The Snark

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We needed a good picture of the waist to tell if it was in the Diptera or Hymenoptra families.
 

The Snark

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The spider hunters with blue wings it looks like ? Is that Hymenoptra or Diptera??
If primarily carnivorous, hymenoptra. Diptera, flies, don't have venom glands. But to confuse things, some flies can deliver a very powerful bite sometimes mistaken for a sting. The lines between the two families (orders) is a little blurry to the casual observer. Apidae help to blur things even further.
 
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myrmecophile

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Almost certainly a pompilid of some sort. Images are not near good enough to get beyond that.
 
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