† red daddyn.Obsoleterare (probably) a scorpion fly (genus Panorpa).
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1868 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Dec. 281/2 A little ferocious insect of the Gnat tribe..; viz., the ‘Red Daddy’.
1869 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Jan. 23/2 The insect referred to in your last number under the title of ‘Red Daddy’,..is probably Panorpa communis,..commonly called the ‘Scorpion-fly’.