Insect under the keyboard of my Retina Macbook Pro?

Hi!
Yesterday I was working on my computer, when an insect (maybe a termite or a moth) fell from the roof onto the keyboard of my rMBP. I turned on the light and quickly searched for it but it was gone, so my guess is it could have gotten under the keys. Of course, now I'm worried it could damage my computer!
Could an insect get under the keyboard? Will it damage my mac? Should I do anything about this?
Thanks!
Arc.

This may be simple to fix.
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Turn "zoom" off.

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