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some kind of dragonfly ?
yes, it looks like a hawk moth, but couldn't find the same color on google. maybe it lost some of the green because it was dead?
Hi Chynna, same thing happened to me. I had a fish, he just disappeared... be aware that those turtles will get very big, if properly feeded. Tank cleaning is very important, otherwise they'll get sick. good luck!
PS: watch them when they will make the "mating dance"...the male will approach the female and he will try to iponothize her by shaking the front feet just in her face... I made a video of this, maybe I'll post it!
you can keep them with the fishes for a while, but once they'll be big they'll eat everything. I had two of those turtles for more than 10 years, they are very aggressive, once they ate a lizard that dropped in.