What are the effective control methods for the black scarab beetle?

The black scarab beetle is known locally as "tiewoyang" (iron nest seedling). In Wuhe Township, Tengchong County, it is one of the main pests harming crops, with particularly severe damage to sugarcane and dry-raised rice seedlings. It mainly bites the stem base of sugarcane seedlings and rice seedlings, causing the entire plant to die and having a huge impact on sugarcane and rice. The insect's living habits are: during the day it burrows into the soil to rest, and in the evening and at night it comes out to be active, mostly causing clustered damage with a fierce onset, and the harm to sugarcane and dry-raised seedlings is quite serious. For control, the first method is to use irrigation water to make the scarab beetles float to the surface of the water for manual catching; the second is to use chemical control, applying phoxim diluted with water as a drench or spraying at 17-18 o'clock in the afternoon for better results.