Alex Hyde / Question Mark Cockroach (Therea olegrandjeani) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from India.

Nigel Cattlin / German cockroach (Blatella germanica) on diced Carrot.

Rod Williams / Question mark cockroaches (Therea olegrandjeani), captive

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Edgar's trilobite cockroach (Laxta rieki) composite showing different angles, William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Parahormetica cockroach, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Atlantic forest. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Emanuele Biggi / Cockroach species, including Pycnoscelus indicus eating another dead cockroach (Periplaneta americana). Gomantong cave, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Chris Mattison / Orange-spotted cockroach (Blaptica dubia) on white background, occurs in Central and South America.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Peppered cockroach (Archimandrita tesselata), Toledo District, Belize, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Banana cockroach (Panchlora sp), Toledo District, Belize, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Death's head cockroach (Blaberus craniifer), Toledo District, Belize, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Bush cockroach (Ellipsidion humerale) nymph, Western Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Bush cockroach (Ellipsidion humerale), Western Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project