Multi Coloured Fly Identification

[WoodenBeam]

Any ideas as to what this is???

 

[drdrday]

Looks like a ruby tailed wasp, also known as a cuckoo wasp because it lays eggs in the nests of other insects:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bees-and-wasps/ruby-tailed-wasp

 

[WoodenBeam]

Many thanks knew someone on here would be able to help

 

[Swarm]

Nice one, I had one of these outside the back door but didn't get a photo.

 

[drdrday]

Many thanks knew someone on here would be able to help

It's certainly a very pretty and distinctive wasp!

 

[Sutty]

"Ruby tailed" hardly does it justice! Lovely pic.