The new species out of China is known to lock its prey away, alive but paralyzed, until its young have hatched.

In 2018, a cockroach crawled inside a sleeping man's ... Then the larvae wriggle into your skin, creating a painful pimple that leaks pus. Or, as the baby botflies call it, lunch.

For as long as humans have been around, the cockroach has been an uninvited house guest. But how much do you know about these resilient creatures? Britain has three native species of cockroach.