scarlet-winged

Updated: February 20, 2026

Our little entomologist chased scarlet-winged dragon-flies and descanted on the myriad forms of insect-life with premature accomplishment. "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings" we heard revelations not unmixed with the ludicrous superstitions of the nursery.

Charles Warren Stoddard - In the Footprints of the Padres