Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Black and orange wasp for identification, 1 by Dinu

Dinu wrote:
This beauty normally is found walking on the ground flapping its wings as it moves, looking for moisture and wet soil I guess. As such it is so much a test of patience to get a really sharp picture of this continuously moving insect. I wonder which wasp is this. I found that it tried to dig up a little hole in the soil thinking it had got something there, then quickly got away. I had to literally chase it while also staying calm to get as near to it as possible for a reasonably good shot [fading light]. The wings are shiny blue, though it appears black.