This little friend was found sleeping on my water bottle. Any clue who it is? (Found in Arkansas)

Insect ID - AR, USA:

Henlo, yessss, this looks like a Flower Wasp, family Tiphiidae. Likely in the genus Paratiphia. I cannot identify which species this would be from a photo.

Any wasp ID people want to weigh in on this one?

Genus Paratiphia - BugGuide.Net

A Tiphiid wasp. Adult Tiphiids feed on nectar, and the larvae parasitoids of insect larvae - usually subterranean beetles.

Given I’ve just discussed orchids that are pollinated by deluded male Tiphiid wasps, here’s a few of the wasps. Unsurprisingly, since the last few months are peak wasp-orchid and general wildflower season here in WA, there’s a lot of the Tiphiid Flower wasps about - at least 5 and more likely 6 different species in these photos. Actually telling you which species these are, on the other hand, is a different matter entirely, not least because the taxonomy of the family is desperately in need of revision. There’s ongoing argument about whether a lot of them should be split off into the Thynnidae.

Or perhaps Thynnid - these wasps used to be part of the Tiphiid family, but more recent work has elevated them to a full family, at least in some sources. I’m sticking with the Atlas of Living Australia for now, although given that recently did a merger with iNaturalist, then people will need to think about which classification is current (marine molluscs are going to be a nightmare).

Thynnids are almost all parasitoids of beetle larvae, and have wingless females that the male carries around while in flight. I have no idea which genus this one is, but whichever it is is surely famous for their enormous golden muttonchop beards.  

Ignore that Mutillid label - they're related, and the females in Mutillidae and in the Thynnine and Diammine subfamilies of the Tiphiids are both wingless, but the tightly curled antennae, stout burrowing legs, and constricted abdomen, are all found in the Diamminae and the Thynninae. Or Thynnidae, since some sources have split the the later off into their own family.

If this is Diamma bicolor, the 'Blue Ant' then it's a parasitoid of mole crickets. Other Thynnines are parasitoids of beetles. In life it would have had a bright metallic blue or green body, and red legs. Collected in the 1990s, so it may well have faded a bit.

A wasp of the family Tiphiidae, probably Epactiothynnus. Male, with one of the family's wingless females hanging off his rear end, firmly attached by the genitals.

This pose is absolutely typical for many species of  Tiphiid, and they're quite often seen flying from flower to flower in this position, after the male has picked up a female from the ground. When she's finished with him, she'll drop off and go digging for a beetle grub to parasitise.

Tiphiid 'Flower Wasp' of unknown species, but definitely male,because Tiphiid females are wingless.