Well, I had a look on Google and the best answer I can give you is that fire ants might be a cordyceps victim! Your response triggered a childhood memory in me. I was in the back garden - I would have been about 4 - playing with the girl across the road, sitting at a table, and I looked down to see an entire ant army marching up my legs. Cue hysteria! The laws of phobias suggest I should hate the little feckers, but I have to say I find them fascinating.

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