Examining puppeteer fungus' targeted takeover of zombie flies

Also see this great PBS video watching it all unfold:

https://www.kqed.org/science/1949314/this-killer-fungus-turn...

Entomophthora muscae is not the last of them with all the gifts.

There is also Ophiocordyceps unilateralis for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vijGdWn5-h8

Cordyceps sinensis on the other hand, another entomopathogenic fungus parasitizing larvae of ghost moths, is one of the most famous traditional Chinese medicines and medicinal mushrooms.

With this system, Elya could continuously infect fruit flies

They might just be flies, but damn, I don't think I could bring myself to do that.