Cleaning inside of flat studio display

I was given a 15" flat studio display. With it came some bugs who decided to crawl in the back of the monitor and die. Although it looks like it's easy enough to open and clean, I am hesitant. I have an allen wrench ready, any suggestions? Is this a bad idea? I haven't been able to find anything on the topic.
Thanks!

I would suggest having it looked at. You don't want to try and pull that display apart.
-Bmer
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