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

Locust or Locusts 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)

Arts and entertainment

Films

  • Locust (2015 film), a Russian erotic thriller
  • Locust (2024 film), a Taiwanese neo-noir thriller drama film
  • 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)
  • Locust (album), a 1990 album by Trust Obey
  • 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 Chapter 9

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)
  • Locust Street, a major street in Center City Philadelphia

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

See also

  • Les Sauterelles (French for "the Locusts"), a Swiss musical group