OK I first thought that the concept of zombie fire ants was incredibly cool in a scifi way after a colleague sent me the below link but after thinking about it for a while, this sh*t is a bit creepy.

Go ahead and read the story or the section on Wikipedia about this.

HL2 ZombieCrazy sh*t, agreed? Now scientists are using these flies as a pest control agent in several southern states which is where the creepiness comes in. What if the fly population booms and runs out of fire ants? Here’s a hint:

[the fly] is omnivorous. It has been reared from decaying vegetation, shoe polish, paint emulsions, human cadavers pickled in formalin, and even lung tissue from living people.

Does that mean that there’s a chance that we’ll become zombies? Keep your fingers crossed for the next mutation of this species and we’ll meet eachother in Ravenholm.