The anemone probably derives no benefit from the inquiline association. This may represent an early phase in the development of the inquiline mode of life. "Caenacis" "inflexa" is exclusively the parasitoid of this inquiline. "Ceroptres cerri" is an inquiline of "A. grossulariae". Ward and colleagues' replacement specific epithet refers to the species's inquiline behavior (). One inquiline species, "Periclistus" "brandtii" also occurs in both galls. "Dolichovespula adulterina "is an inquiline species, meaning that workers are not produced. According to Adlassnig, Peroutka & Lendl, 2010, this plant hosts 11 inquiline species. The inquiline queen dies by mid-July, if not earlier from fights with host workers.