formica fusca

Shortly thereafter, the ant, Formica fusca was found to be the second intermediate host by which sheep were infected.

Seeds are dispersed by ants, including Formica fusca, Formica rufibaris, and Aphaenogaster subterranea.

The second intermediate host, an ant (Formica fusca in the United States), uses the trail of snail slime as a source of moisture.

Scientists at the University of Helsinki studied Formica fusca, a common ant species and one that is polygynous, meaning its colonies have more than one queen.

In contrast to the other ant species, worker policing in the ant Formica fusca appears to incorporate nestmate recognition in addition to the queen hydrocarbons.