Ryan Ridenbaugh
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Ryan Ridenbaugh
@rdridenbaugh.bsky.social
Bugs. Evolution. Cat Dad. Ph.D. Candidate @ UKY. UCF Alumni 16' 20' and Order of Pegasus Inductee. He/Him.
I'm heading to #PAG33!

Come see me at poster P027 - Jan 12th, 3-4:30pm to learn about a field-tested new methodology for creating low-cost and lighting fast species identification PCR assays!

github.com/RDRidenbaugh...
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Ryan Ridenbaugh
Despite working on pine sawflies for over 20 yrs, I just recently learned (thanks to work by @rdridenbaugh.bsky.social) that the tip of the ovipositor lance (the part that cuts into pine needles) is consistently asymmetric, with a thickened cutting edge. So cool!
October 2, 2023 at 2:00 PM