Locust (disambiguation)

Locusts are the swarming phase of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acridida.

"Locust" may also refer to:

Biology

Insects

• Cicadas, often called locusts when they swarm
• Magicicada, a genus of cicadas often referred to as "13-year or 17-year locusts"

Plants

• Plants of the genus Robinia:
  • The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), a leguminous tree with toxic pods
• Plants of the genus Gleditsia
  • The honey locust, (Gleditsia triacanthos), a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet edible pulp
• Locust bean, fruit of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua)
• African locust bean, fruit of the néré tree (Parkia biglobosa)

Media and entertainment

In film

• Locusts: The 8th Plague, a 2005 horror movie
• The Locusts (film), a 1997 American film starring Vince Vaughn and Kate Capshaw
• The Day of the Locust (film) (1975), an American drama film based on Nathaniel West's novel

Games and fictional universes

• Locust (comics), a minor Marvel Comics villain
• Locust Horde, the main enemy force in the third-person shooter video game series Gears of War
• Locust, a light BattleMech in the fictional BattleTech universe
• Locust, a Fairy chess piece which captures by hopping over its victim (as in checkers)
• Locust, a quadruped Covenant anti-building vehicle in the video game Halo Wars

Literature

• Locusts, a mythological hybrid creature appearing in the Book of Revelation
• Locusts at the Edge of Summer, poetry anthology by John Balaban
• Day of the Locust (1939), a novel by Nathaniel West

Music

Artists and labels

• Locust, an alias of electronic artist Mark Van Hoen from Touch Records
• Les Sauterelles, s Swiss group, literally "the locusts"
• Locust Music, a Chicago based record label
• The Locust, a US noise-rock band from California

Albums

• Locust Abortion Technician, an album by the Butthole Surfers
• Locust, an album from the French metal band Lyzanxia

Songs

• "Locust", a song by a-ha from their 1993 album Memorial Beach
• "Locust", a song by heavy-metal band Machine Head from their 2011 album Unto the Locust
• "Day of the Locusts", a song by Bob Dylan from his 1970 album New Morning

People

• Rich LeFevre, nicknamed "The Locust", competitive eater

Places

• Locust, Kentucky
• Locust, New Jersey
• Locust, North Carolina
• Locust, Pennsylvania
• Locust Valley, New York

Transportation

• Locust (car), a kit car inspired by the Lotus 7
• HMS Locust, three ships of the Royal Navy
• M22 Locust, American, World War 2 light tank
• USS Locust, two ships of the US Navy
• Locust, a GWR Metropolitan Class locomotive

In other uses

• Locust (finance), a term used in discussions critical of capitalism in Germany