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		<title>The Purple Skimmer</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-purple-skimmer/" title="The Purple Skimmer" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ps1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="purple skimmer" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ps1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ps1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ps1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The purple skimmer hails from Florida, in the United States. They are a member of the skimmer family of dragonflies. These stealthy aerial hunters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, dams and other water management; land pollution, in the form [&#x2026;]</p>
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