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Every fall, there are crickets, and crickets are dumb.  When they jump and hurl their ugly, bug bodies through the air, they have no idea where or how they are going to land.  When they land, mostly on their backs, they flip over and almost look around as if to see how far and in what direction they landed.  Then, Mother Nature came up with one of the scariest and most creative bugs....the spider-cricket, or spicket!!  This huge bug jumps (characteristic from the cricket) and almost knows exactly where and how it is going to land, and it can even climb up walls (all characteristics of the spider).  If you try to “get” one of these, it is almost as if they are looking right at you and they strategically jump and climb around to avoid getting caught.  You are trying to anticipate its next move and just know that it is doing the same.