Locust (disambiguation)

Locust can refer to:

Insects

• Locusts, various types of swarming grasshopper
• Cicadas, often referred to as "locusts"
• Magicicada, a genus of cicadas often referred to as "13-year or 17-year locusts"

Plants

• Various plants, especially of the genera Gleditsia and Robinia:
  • The honey locust, a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet edible pulp
  • The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), a leguminous tree with toxic pods
• The locust bean, the fruit of the carob tree

Music, poetry and culture

• The Locust, a US noise-rock band from California
• Locust, an alias of electronic artist Mark Van Hoen from Touch Records
• Locust Music, a Chicago based record label
• "Locust", a song by a-ha from their 1993 album Memorial Beach
• "Locust", a song by Machine Head from their 2011 album Unto the Locust
• Locust Abortion Technician, an album by the Butthole Surfers
• Locusts at the Edge of Summer, poetry anthology by John Balaban
• Locusts: The 8th Plague, a 2005 horror movie
• "Locust", an album from the french metal band Lyzanxia
• Locusts, a hybrid creature appearing in the Book of Revelation

People

• Rich LeFevre, nicknamed The Locust, competitive eater

Places

In the United States

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

Transportation

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

Other uses

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

Distinguish from

• Locus (disambiguation)
• Locost, a design for a home-built sports-car