Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Cumulative Results 1998

The following numbers of mosquitoes were collected, identified, and tested at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. The towns and locations of the sites, number of mosquitoes tested, and virus isolations are listed. The total number tested to date: 66,315.

Total number of virus isolations: EEE = 8, HJ = 23.
EEE=Eastern equine encephalitis virus------HJ= Highlands J virus

Town/Location

Number Tested

Virus
Isolations

BARKHAMSTED

Hoyt Hayes Swamp

633

None

BETHANY

Bethany Bog

288

None 

CANAAN

Robin’s Swamp

9,237

None

CHESTER

Cockaponset St. Forest

3,809

(3)EEE -(1)Ae. canadensis;
(1)An. punctipennis;
(1)Cs. melanura

CORNWALL

Mohawk Pond

2,166

None

CROMWELL

Cromwell Meadows

3,173

None

FAIRFIELD

Catamount Rd.

872

None

FARMINGTON

Shade Swamp

4,243

None

FRANKLIN

Wildlife Refuge Area

2,483

None

GROTON

U.S. Submarine Base

701

None

HADDAM

Little City Rd.

172

None

HAMPTON

Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd.

1,348

None

KILLINGWORTH

Chittenden Rd.

697

None

LEDYARD

Cedar Swamp

1,734

(1)HJ - Cs.melanura

LITCHFIELD

White Memorial

1,942

None

LYME

Cedar Lake

1,063

(1)HJ - (1)Cs. melanura

MADISON

Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp

583

None

NEW CANAAN

Hoyts Swamp

2,875 

None

NEWTOWN

Key Rock Rd.

2,530

(1)EEE -(1)Cs. melanura

NORTH STONINGTON

Assekonk Swamp

596

None

Bell Cedar Swamp

2,301

(3)HJ-(2)Cs. melanura
(1)Cs. morsitans

Exit 93

957

(6)HJ-(1)Ae. canadensis
(1)Ae. triseriatus
(1)An. punctipennis
(1)Cx. pipiens
(1)Cx. restuans
(1)Cs. melanura

Pawcatuck River

2,138

(1)HJ- Ae. canadensis

Wyassup Lake

1,542

(1)HJ- Cs. melanura

OLD LYME

Great Island

3,576

None

PLAINFIELD

Cedar Swamp

1,583

None

REDDING

Lyons Swamp

368

None

RIDGEFIELD

Great Swamp

468

(1)EEE -(1)Cs. melanura

STAFFORD

Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest

477

None

STONINGTON

Barn Island

1,149

(2)EEE-(1)Ae. vexans
(1)Cs. melanura

(8)HJ-(1)Ae. canadensis
(1)Ae. stimulans
(2)Ae. vexans
(2)Cs. melanura
(2)Cs. morsitans

Stonington H. S.

2,676

(1)HJ- Cs. melanura

TOLLAND

Bolton Lake

1,581

None

VOLUNTOWN

Mt. Misery

2,292

(1)EEE - (1)Cs. melanura

(1)HJ - (1)Cs. melanura

WATERFORD

Waterford Country School

445

None 

Waterford/New London Line

2,418

None 

WILLINGTON

Pinney Hill Rd.

448

None

WINDHAM

Bass Rd.

738

None