Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report

 

Week Ending July 13, 1998

The following numbers of mosquitoes were collected, identified, and then tested at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. The towns and locations of the sites, date of collection, number of mosquitoes tested, and virus isolations are listed. The total number tested this week: 4,160.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp --
BETHANY
Bethany Bog 06/24 35 None
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp --
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest 06/30 526 None
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond --
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows --
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. 06/29 68 None
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp --
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area 06/29 459 None
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base --
HADDAM
Little City Rd. 06/30 20 None
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 07/01 253 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 06/25 127 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 06/25 380 None
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial --
LYME
Cedar Lake 06/30 130 None
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 06/25 116 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp 06/25 191 None
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. --
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp 06/24 56 None
Bell Cedar Swamp 06/24 467 None
Exit 93 --
Pawcatuck River --
Wyassup Lake 06/25 79 None
OLD LYME
Great Island 06/30 62 None
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp 06/29 85 None
REDDING
Lyons Swamp 06/29 24 None
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp --
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest 06/24 99 None
STONINGTON
Barn Island --
Stonington H. S. --
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake 06/24 154 None
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery 06/25 301 None
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School 06/29 59 None
Waterford/New London Line 06/29 260 None
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. 06/24 120 None
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 07/01 89 None