title: Virgichneumon maculicauda
text: # Virgichneumon maculicauda
  
  Virgichneumon maculicauda is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species is mainly found in Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Russia and Spain.
  
  ## Description
  
  Virgichneumon maculicauda has a black body and yellow-orange legs. On the tip of the abdomen, tergite 5 is stained with white spots (hence the species name maculicauda, meaning with spots on the tail).
  
  