Place and time for crop pest (6)
I believe the answer is:
locust
'crop pest' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'place and time' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'locus' ('place' in Latin).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'locus'+'t'='LOCUST'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for locust that I've seen before include "Large insect" , "Clouts (anag)" , "A deadly grasshopper seen in plagues" , "Swarming grasshopper" , "plaguey type" .)