Zombie Fungi (pt. 2)

1. Infected ants descend from canopy nests to understory vegetation. 2. Show repeated convulsions that make them fall down and stop them climbing back up to the canopy. 3. Bite into abaxial leaf veins before dying. Get locked onto plants. 4. Ants die in patches 25cm above soil surface, where conditions for parasite development are optimal 5. Spores are released from dead ants to continue the fungus life cycle.