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Sporadic incidence of larvae with symptoms of nematode infections were detected in wattle and sugarcane plantations in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The larvae with infection symptoms were isolated, washed, and put on water traps to collect infective juveniles of possible nematode infections. Three species of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) were isolated from the white grub larvae. These included<jats:italic>Steinernema bertusi<\/jats:italic>isolated from<jats:italic>Maladera<\/jats:italic>sp. 4.,<jats:italic>Oscheius myriophila<\/jats:italic>from<jats:italic>Maladera<\/jats:italic>sp. 4 and<jats:italic>Schizonchya affinis,<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Steinernema fabii<\/jats:italic>isolated from<jats:italic>Maladera<\/jats:italic>sp. 4.,<jats:italic>Pegylis sommeri,<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>S. affinis.<\/jats:italic>Of these<jats:italic>S. fabii<\/jats:italic>was the most common species in the sample (87%). 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