During the weekly ritual of hunting for these pets, I use a clear beer bottle, filled with soap and water. Placing a flashlight under it in my right hand, and using my left to gently tap the beetles down into the bottle, they drop straight into the water/soap solution.
As you can see, the flashlight shines right up into the bottle creating a lamp so I can see where I'm going. Then the light goes up and out of the neck of the bottle, almost like spotlight. It actually pinpoints the area around the beetle as it gets close to the lip of the bottle. a gentle tap, and they fall right down into the solution.
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