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Cordyceps sp.
This fungus change the behavior of the ants, controlling its brain and making the ants to climb the top of the plants for a better spores dispersion once the ant die. I found a second zombie ant the same day http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148...
Spotted on Oct 1, 2012
Submitted on Oct 1, 2012
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Thanks ForesDragon!
What an amazing find!
I am morbidly fascinated with these fungus-ridden ants. It happens to other insects and spiders as well. Very interesting!