Locust (disambiguation)

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

Locust or Locusts may also refer to:

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)

Films

 * Locust (film), a 2015 Russian erotic thriller
 * Locusts: The 8th Plague, a 2005 horror movie
 * Locusts (2005 film), a 2005 American television film directed by David Jackson and aired on CBS
 * Locusts (2019 film), a 2019 Australian independent feature film
 * The Locusts (film), a 1997 American film starring Vince Vaughn and Kate Capshaw

Music

 * Locust, an alias of electronic artist Mark Van Hoen from Touch Records
 * Locust Music, a Chicago-based record label
 * The Locust, a US noise-rock band from California
 * The Locust (album)
 * The Locust (EP)
 * Ghosts VI: Locusts, an album from the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails
 * Locust, a 1997 album from the Swedish hardcore / thrash metal band Mary Beats Jane
 * Locust, an album from the French metal band Lyzanxia
 * "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

Other

 * Locust (comics), a minor Marvel Comics foe of the X-Men
 * 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
 * Locusts, a mythological hybrid creature appearing in the Book of Revelation

Places

 * In the United States
 * Locust, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
 * Locust, Missouri, an unincorporated community
 * Locust, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
 * Locust, North Carolina, a city
 * Locust, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
 * Locust, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Locust Township, Christian County, Illinois
 * Locust Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
 * Locust Lake, Pennsylvania
 * Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River, a tributary in Alabama
 * Locust Creek (Grand River), a stream in Missouri
 * Locust Creek (Gravois Creek), a stream in Missouri
 * Locust Creek (Shamokin Creek), Pennsylvania
 * Locust Creek (West Virginia) - see Locust Creek Covered Bridge (West Virginia)

In the military

 * HMS Locust, three ships of the Royal Navy
 * USS Locust, two ships of the US Navy
 * M22 Locust, an unsuccessful American World War II light tank
 * Operation Locust, an Australian World War II commando raid in New Guinea

People

 * Stephen V of Moldavia, Prince of Moldavia from 1538 to 1540
 * Rich LeFevre, competitive eater nicknamed "The Locust"

Other uses

 * Locust (car), a kit car inspired by the Lotus 7
 * Locust, a GWR Metropolitan Class locomotive
 * Locust (finance), a term used in discussions critical of capitalism in Germany
 * Locust United Methodist Church, a historic African-American church in Columbia, Maryland
 * Locust (ethnic slur), anti-Chinese ethnic slur popularized in Hong Kong