CLOSED: Found in my apartment, please identify

Charlottesville, VA

Insect shows up from time to time indoors. I've seen small (baby) versions before, but this is the biggest. Body is about one inch in length. Long, strong legs let it jump quite a distance. Antennae are very long (several inches). I live in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Thanks for your assistance.

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Minot, ND

It's a relative of grasshoppers crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae. Usually called cave crickets or camel crickets, they basically are nuisance pests when they occur indoors. Some folks call them 'sprickets' because of a fancied resemblance of a cross between a spider and a cricket...

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