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Who am I? What am I?
I am a tetradonematid from the family Tetradonematidae! My family is so diverse. What makes us so cool is that us females actually mature, find our soulmate and produce eggs inside the same host (which in my case is the Cephalotes atratus ants) before going into a bird to release our eggs! (Poinar Jr., 2012)
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Fan Submission: An Ant’s Point of View
Hi Myrme, love your blog it’s so awesome! You sharing your life on here inspired me to share my point of view. I am actually an ant of the species Cephalotes atratus, a.k.a. the definitive host in your life. My family and I normally reside in neotropical rainforests throughout Central and South America- just like you! I prefer hanging out in the crevices of dead or living trees (Bolton, 2018). Another fun fact about me is that I am known as a gliding ant. This means that I can control and direct as I fall from trees, this allows me to remain close to my nest and prevent falling into dangerous situations such as flooded grounds (Prado, 2014).
Normally birds avoid us ants because we’re small, don’t provide much nutritional value, and honestly don’t taste that great either. But when we’re infected by Myrmeconema neotropicum, our gaster (abdomen) swells up and becomes red. This makes us look just like a tasty red berry (Poinar Jr. et al., 2007). When we get infected, it affects us more than just changing our gaster colour. Since we are infected as larvae, we have reduced growth, reduced aggression, and tempo. The gaster also begins to elevate as we walk because they are so heavy. This slows us down and makes us more prone to being eaten by birds (Poulin, 2013; Shik et al., 2001; Yanoviak et al., 2008). Since I am already an adult I will not be infected, but if I accidentally eat bird feces with Myrmeconema neotropicum eggs, all my children may be infected and possibly die. I hope this submission allowed you to see a different point of view when it comes to our relationship!
Sincerely,
Anonymous Ant
p.s. here’s a cool video of some of my friends demonstrating gliding (https://youtu.be/-YFt2L2GOMg).
Don’t Cross Me!
I get tired of my ant friends pretty quickly. They don’t really love having me around and it makes me feel pretty awful about myself… I mean, I made them so much prettier by extending my phenotype (Beros et al., 2015) and giving them a red butt and all, how ungrateful are they?! Unlucky for them, though, I am pretty good at revenge so I manipulate their minds by causing their ventral nerve cords to atrophy (Yanoviak et al., 2008). This causes them to be more sluggish, less aggressive when handled and it even reduces the amount of pheromones they create to warn their friends of danger (Yanoviak et al., 2008)!
I know that sounds mean, but I did say I was good at revenge—on top of all of that, I manipulate them into finding a patch of berries and dancing with me so birds will notice them easier (Poulin, 2013). This is necessary because birds normally avoid them since they taste kind of bad, so when I trick the bird by making my ant “friends” look like berries, they get eaten (Yanoviak et al., 2008)! When the ants are full of me and my siblings, their gaster breaks off easier anyway, making it an easy treat for the birds! All of this is perfect for letting me move on from all the hate and hang out with my bird friends! I know, I know, I’m a manipulative parasite (Lefèvre, 2009), what can I say, I’m a Gemini?
