actually, you can run from these and the other two kinds of beetles without sow...they are the same speed as you (slower than normal mob speed) and a little bit of hopping puts you well away from them, and they won't catch up as long as you don't change direction a lot.
if your bared either get a sow (or be a bard they are great) and run around get one run around zone collecting more and more then get a good headstart and go to sk bridge its funny you sit there for a sec while pl panic for 1000 beetels comin at them and gaurds take car of them or you can zone