P.S. There are different "strains" of cordyceps that go after different insects. Looks like you went and found something on what it'll do with ants, so that's done. Now go and see the strain that attacks grasshoppers, that commandeers them and makes them crawl up to the tops of the tall grass, ensuring that birds will eat them, which then continues the cycle.

I also have a level of trust on "our betters" who run this planet that is so low, I assume that if there were a sort of cordyceps that attacks mammals, we might not be told about that. And, that if there weren't a version of cordyceps that attacks mammals/humans, these demons would make one.