by Michael Haar — Deep in the Ama­zon, a su­pervil­lain of mi­cro­scopic pro­por­tions strikes fear into the gan­glion of hon­est tree-dwelling ants in every canopy. Myrme­conema neotrop­icum is a par­a­sitic ne­ma­tode, one of the count­less species in the phy­lum Ne­ma­toda that ex­ist in nearly every lo­ca­tion on Earth. For many, par­a­sitism is a topic that can...