Ophiocordyceps (the zombie fungus) needs no sensationalism or creative editing to spark horror; no, it just needs a suitable host. If you're out and about today, remind your bug friends (like this unfortunate carpenter ant) to stay away from the zom 

Something I apparently did not have the heart for today: watching a doomed Ophiocordyceps-infected carpenter ant looking for the right place to clamp down on and die. I figured I'd see this event one day, just wish it wasn't today. I didn't keep watc 

There's a Camponotus major head under all that Ophiocordyceps.