Cyril Ruoso / Giant Cockroach (Blaberidae) and hand, Pacaya Samiria National Park, Peru

MYN / Gil Wizen / Israeli sand cockroach (Heterogamodes hebraica) composite showing ventral and dorsal view of female, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

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

Kim Taylor / American cockroach {Periplaneta americana} female carrying egg case.

Morley Read / Cockroach (Blattodea) on leaf, showing firefly mimicry, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

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

Jiri Lochman / Fat-tailed pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis) feeding on a native cockroach - Picture Hill area, in Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

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

Emanuele Biggi / Peruvian Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp.). young feeding on a cockroach left for it by its mother, Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru.

Alex Hyde / Cockroach feeding on Bridal Veil Stinkhorn (Phallus indusiatus), growing on rainforest floor. The fungal fruiting body gives off a pungent odour that attracts a wide range of invertebrates, which help...

Albert Lleal / American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana), 2.1x magnification, Barcelona, Spain

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Cockroach (Eustegasta sp), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique