He dropped it in and watched as the spiders backed away for a moment, clearly hesitating. Then one bold member decided to prod it and go on the attack. Fascinating.

"Someone is paying for them, so I will turn them into that individual. They said they are a spider lover, whatever that means." Maybe a collector of some sort or a scientist. Though they could want to bath in spiders for all William cared. As long as he got paid.