Rusticus

Rusticus is a Latin adjective meaning "rural, simple, rough or clownish" and can refer to:

Animals

 * Aedes rusticus, a European mosquito
 * Rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
 * Urozelotes rusticus, a ground spider
 * a synonym of the butterfly genus Plebejus

Saints and martyrs

 * Saint Rusticus of Narbonne (died c. 461)
 * Saint Rusticus (Archbishop of Lyon) (c. 455–501)
 * One of the martyred companions of Saint Denis (3rd century)
 * Martyr of Verona (died c. 290): see Firmus and Rusticus

Other people

 * Fabius Rusticus, 1st-century historian of ancient Rome
 * Arulenus Rusticus, (c. 35–93 AD) consul executed by Domitian
 * Flavius Rusticus Helpidius, 5th-century Latin poet
 * Junius Rusticus, 2nd-century Stoic philosopher, consul, and friend of Marcus Aurelius