[ **up: [[Insects]] | [[Hymenoptera (Order)]]** ] --- # Ants / Formicidae (Family) - *See:* [[Ophiocordyceps unilateralis]] [[2023-0618. 'A single spore enters the body of an ant. It grows into a mass of fibers that take control of the antʼs mind and body. The ant is forced to climb a nearby tree before locking its jaws and holding on to what will be its final resting place.'|'A single spore enters the body of an ant. It grows into a mass of fibers that take control of the antʼs mind and body. The ant is forced to climb a nearby tree before locking its jaws and holding on to what will be its final resting place.']][^1] [^1]: Allanah Mott, ‘[[Mott. ‘A miniature zombie apocalypse_ how one fungus controls the minds and bodies of ants to send them to their demise’, 2021.|A miniature zombie apocalypse: how one fungus controls the minds and bodies of ants to send them to their demise]],’ *Scientific Scribbles* (blog), University of Melbourne, last updated 17 September 2021, https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2021/09/17/a-miniature-zombie-apocalypse-how-one-fungus-controls-the-minds-and-bodies-of-ants-to-send-them-to-their-demise/.