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TIFU by trying to remove the cacoon of a horn worm moth

Im fairly young and these were my first attempt at rearing. I never wanted to rear them but my leapord gecko didnt eat the horn worms in time and i was left with three cocoons (pupa?) any ways i have been misting them and have had them in dirt for a few weeks now, one emerged already and sadly refused to eat no matter how much me and my brother tried (hes a entomologist) it passed away very shortly, now i currently have one still in its thing but the other was getting dark and was ready to emerge for about a week and i got scared, like really scared, that it was gonna die in the cocoon (extra info i have OCD and was struggling with a flare up of sorts) i tried to help it remove its cocoon and got it off around its wings and let it get the rest off and i think it died, i feel horrible for murdering a moth out of negligence and dont know how to resolve this, i feel awful am i a bad person?

TL;DR: i accidently killed a moth i was rearing by trying to help it.

Edit; after talking to some people who have been helping me try to rear them it was most likely dead before i even started the attempt as it hadnt moved in a while and had been in the cocoon over 2 weeks longer then normal, still doesnt exuce it but makes me feel less guilty, thanks for the kind comments and i will be sure NEVER to do this again

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