Pretty sure I was on indifferent faction before I killed a couple of these and became threatening. There was bonus faction at the time but still means a drop to threatening in under 10 kills on a normal day. All spider variants I've seen in the zone are on same faction.
Rats in the area are a separate faction.
rootable, snarable, no summon, easy quad but I kept letting trees get between us and losing line of sight.
Respawn can be a deadly huntsman which is not affected by changes to speed