I too have gotten several widows and recluses in with cricket shipments. I usualy do the same as Gregg! Put em up and keep em alive as long as possible, well the pretty blk. widows anyways! The funniest part of the whole situation is how people complain about them arriving with their crickets, and my bro -in law's- two widows we, just aquired from "A Grocery store chain" Watch those Bananas. lol