Locust (disambiguation)

Locust can refer to:

In nature

* The locust, a swarming grasshopper.
* The cicada, often referred to as a seven-year locust.
* The magicicada, often referred to as a 13-year or 17-year locust.
* 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, a leguminous tree with toxic pods but useful as a source of nectar for bees for honey making.
** The locust bean, the fruit of the carob tree.

In music

* The Locust, a US noise-rock band from California.
* Locust (musician), 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 Abortion Technician", an album by the Butthole Surfers.

Others

* "", a 2005 horror movie.
* Locust (community), a pioneering SMS chat community in the UK.
* The Locust (car), a kit car inspired by the Lotus 7.
* The M22 Locust, a light tank.
* Locust, North Carolina is a place in Stanly County; the zip code is 28097.
* Locust Horde, the main enemy force in the Xbox 360 third-person shooter video game "Gears of War" by Epic Games.
* Locust (mech) is a small mech in the Mechwarrior used mostly for recon.
* Locust (private equity), from the German "Heuschrecke" pioneered by Socialist Franz Müntefering, describing Private Equity firms, who fly onto companies and eat them up like locusts.
* Locust (software) is an open source search engine software [http://sourceforge.net/projects/locust] .

Distinguish from

*locus