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Not sure what this is.
Looks like the Mantidfly, but this one really looks like a wasp and not as hairy. Also added a couple of other picture not sure what they are either.

Yes, this is a Mantidfly.

Ed. Note: Our personal response to the querant who neglected to provide a location and who did not sign the email ended with the brief response above. We are letting the rest of our readership know, however, that we got a tad bit annoyed with what we consider to be a thankless request. The email contained eight images in total. It takes us a bit of time to answer and post, and an indication of gratitude is all we ask in return. Additionally, not providing us with a location might be our biggest peeve. Also, trying to sort through countless emails to piece together information sent by a querant, sometimes from multiple email addresses, is often more than we can take. Please forgive us this ranting digression and please be mindful that information you provide to us should be as complete as possible, and whenever resending us additional information, it is usually desireable to include your original information plus the images so we don’t have to conduct a scavenger hunt to assemble the pieces. Finally, please please please just one identification request per email. You would be surprised at the number of people who send every insect photo they have ever taken to us and expect identifications on them all, when browsing our site for a few minutes will probably provide many of their answers. Those letters usually go straight to the trash.

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