Dead insect behind glass on iMac

I have a 27 iMac (late 2012) that has what looks like a dead insect behind the glass (Excel is shown behind the bug).
I have no idea how it got there and it wasn't there a week ago.
I was under the impression that nothing could get in there based on this quote from Apple's iMac website:
The LCD itself is 5 mm thinner than before, and we used an advanced process called full lamination to eliminate a 2-mm gap between the LCD and the glass, something that has never been done on a display this large.
I'm still under warranty and under AppleCare.
Any idea on how to rid myself of this bug?  Or keep this from happening again?

If you have AppleCare, definitely call them and have them debug it.

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