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During "swarming" behavior, both nymph and adult populations are known to cause serious damage to crops and fields by stripping them thoroughly. Adult locusts in particular are powerful fliers capable of traveling great distances - not only is the phenomenon unsurprisingly widespread, it's also [[Older Than Dirt]]. The earliest instances are dated back to the ancient Egyptians and prehistory, while relatively later works such as [[The Iliad]] and [[The Qur'an]] also make mention of locust swarms as well.
The devastation of crops are a major factor in famines and human migrations as well as outbreaks of disease, to the point that locusts themselves are considered harbingers
A subtrope of [[The Swarm]], and the phenomenon that its sister trope, [[Horde of Alien Locusts]], was named for. Compare [[Termite Trouble]], a similar depiction of insect pests as a troublesome devouring swarm.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Marvel Comics]] has [[Steven Ulysses Perhero|Dr. August Hopper]], alias The Locust. An entomology professor from Metro College, he was fired for peddling radical approaches on the genetic manipulation of insects, and took up a position with Ryan Chemicals where he helped create improved pesticides. Believing that he was robbed of his due credit, he went insane and started researching ways to create super-bugs, with many of his attacks naturally employing [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|giant crop-eating locusts]]. The Locust has since battled against the [[X-Men]] and [[Hulk]].
== [[Fan Works]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' showed a swarm of locusts during "The Plagues" musical number.
* ''[[Locusts: The 8th Plague]]'' is a 2005 natural horror film about a group of farmers and scientists battling a swarm of flesh-eating locusts.
* ''Locusts'' (called ''Locusts: Day of Destruction'' outside the US) is another 2005 horror film, featuring a swarm of [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|genetically engineered hybrid locusts]] that are set loose and begin devouring crops across the United States.
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Some types of cicada are referred to as "locusts" due to their swarming behavior - or in the case of a specific genus, ''[[
* The [[w:Australian plague locust|Australian plague locust]] is one of the most damaging agricultural pests on the island, with the first recorded swarm in 1844.
▲* Some types of cicada are referred to as "locusts" due to their swarming behavior - or in the case of a specific genus, ''[[wikipedia:Magicicada|Magicicada]]'', their synchronous emergence from underground dwellings in tremendous numbers - upon finally reaching their adult states after 13 or 17 ''whole years''. However, they generally avert this trope, and in fact tend to have their own set of associated motifs.
* The [[w:Desert locust|desert locust]] is an ''international'' cross-continent pest that can cause widespread damage to crops, as they are highly mobile and feed on any kind of vegetation. There's been an ongoing upsurge in desert locust swarms since 2019.
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