Thanks bartsau! Knew there was a method along those lines. All good!
People can now pick whether they wanna remove the guard or stick their hands into the guard with all the spiders in it

Cheers!
Ah scrivets...to not butcher them, push the screwdriver as little as you can into the head to unscrew. Preferabley unscrew them while pushing from behind where you can. Alternativley, try unscrewing it and levering a flathead under the screw body's head.
Failing that, they want to die, get the flathead into it and/or some pliers
@ mik: hahaha!