Swamp Locusts, also known as Stagnum Acrididae, are large insectoid kaiju that first appeared in the MonsterVerse comic, Skull Island: The Birth of Kong.
Name[]
The name 'Swamp' refers to the creature's natural habitat and 'Locust' is an insect. Stagnum translates to "a pool of water" in Latin, while Acrididae is a family of grasshoppers.
Design[]
Appearance[]
Described as a "sentient throat with claws", Swamp Locusts are massive grub-like creatures with spiked bark-like skin and a lamprey-like mouth and tigerfish-like teeth. They possess numerous herbaceous claws which can be used as forelimbs to chase after prey.
Roar[]
The roar of the Swamp Locust is written as "kik".
Personality[]
Swamp Locusts are ambush predators that lie upside down underwater and extend their wood-like claws to the surface before using them to grasp on unsuspecting prey.
Origins[]
If every woody branch that rises of up from the depths is connected to one of these creatures, there could be thousands of them, waiting to ensnare unsuspecting boats with their herbaceous claws.
Initial submersible scans are hard to read, but what we can discern through the murk is a creature that is all throat and teeth. While its lamprey-like mouth houses a perfect circle of phosphate incisors (reminiscent of the Congo's goliath tigerfish), the most remarkable feature is its gastrointestinal tract, which is a single continuous chamber that runs right through the core of the creature. In essence, the Swamp Locust is a primordial creature that evolution has refined into the most primal predator possible: a sentient throat with claws.
History[]
Skull Island: The Birth of Kong[]
When Aaron Brooks and his team try to find shelter on Skull Island for the night, they unexpectedly startle a Swamp Locust. Evelyn Matemavi tries to shoot it but the bullets have little to no effect on the creature.
Abilities[]
Aquatic nature[]
Swamp Locusts can stay underwater for an unspecified amount of time, laying in wait for prey to pass over them.
Camouflage[]
With their wood-like legs, the Swamp Locusts can blend in seamlessly with their environment by sticking their legs out while the rest of their bodies remain submerged beneath the surface to ambush their prey.
Durability[]
The spiked bark-like skin of the Swamp Locusts grant them the ability to withstand gunfire.
Gallery[]
List of appearances[]
Comics[]
- Skull Island: The Birth of Kong (First appearance)