Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 7-28-08

Week of July 28, 2008

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:  14,628


WNV = West Nile virus
EEE = Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus
JC = Jamestown Canyon


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 Town

Trap Site

Date

No. of Mosquitoes

Pos. or Neg.

Virus

Comments

Barkhamsted

Hoyt Hayes Swamp

7/17

40

Neg.

-

-

Bethany

Bethany Bog

7/15

116

Neg.

-

-

Bethel

Meckauer Park

-

****

-

-

-

Branford

Hosley Road

7/17

297

Neg.

-

-

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

7/15

82

Neg.

-

-

Bridgeport

Barnum Boulevard

7/9

7/14

7/16

7/21

7/23

50

647

551

23

14

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

Pos.

-

-

-

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

-

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

7/16

447

Neg.

-

-

Cheshire

Lock 12

7/14

52

Neg.

-

-

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

7/14

165

Neg.

-

-

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

7/16

2,205

Neg.

-

-

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

7/15

305

Neg.

-

-

Danbury

Resevior Road

-

****

-

-

-

Darien

Brush Island Road

7/17

820

Neg.

-

-

Darien

High School Lane

7/21

50

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

East Haven

Kenneth Street

7/17

91

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

Easton

Sport Hill Road

7/17

116

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Catamount Road

7/17

100

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

7/16

57

Neg.

-

-

Farmington

Shade Swamp

7/17

61

Neg.

-

-

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

7/14

98

Neg.

-

-

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

7/16

112

Neg.

-

-

Greenwich

Civic Center

7/15

125

Neg.

-

-

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

7/15

37

Neg.

-

-

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

7/16

97

Neg.

-

-

Groton

Naval Base

7/17

556

Neg.

-

-

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

7/15

217

Neg.

-

-

Haddam

Little City Road

7/15

55

Neg.

-

-

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

7/21

45

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

Hampton

Hampton Reservoir

-

****

-

-

-

Hartford

Keeny Park

7/21

25

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

Hebron

Raymond Brook Marsh

7/14

144

Neg.

-

-

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

7/14

217

Neg.

-

-

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

7/17

158

Pos.

JC (1)

Oc. thibaulti (1)

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

7/16

381

Neg.

-

-

Lyme

Cedar Lake

-

****

-

-

-

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

7/15

276

Neg.

-

-

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

7/17

540

Neg.

-

-

Meriden

Falcon Park

7/14

164

Neg.

-

-

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

7/15

89

Neg.

-

-

Milford

Erna Avenue

7/14

210

Neg.

-

-

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

7/14

242

Neg.

-

-

Monroe

Garder Road

7/14

558

Neg.

-

-

New Britain

Village Square Drive

-

****

-

-

-

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

New Canaan

Michigan Road

-

****

-

-

-

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

7/21

90

Pos.

WNV (2)

Cx. pipiens (1)
Cx. restuans (1)

Newington

Churchill Park

7/9

50

Neg.

-

-

Newtown

Key Rock Road

7/14

386

Neg.

-

-

North Branford

Cedar Pond

7/17

163

Neg.

-

-

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

7/17

80

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

7/16

179

Pos.

JC (1)

Oc. stimulans (1)

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

7/16

116

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Exit 93

7/16

53

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

7/17

348

Neg.

-

-

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

7/22

2

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

Norwalk

Rowayton School

7/14

7/23

219

8

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. restuans (1)

Old Lyme

Great Island

-

****

-

-

-

Orange

Meeting House Lane

7/14

58

Neg.

-

-

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Redding

Lyons Swamp

7/17

50

Neg.

-

-

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

7/10

9

Neg.

-

-

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

South Windsor

Burgess Road

7/17

34

Neg.

-

-

Southington

East Rd./Kensington Rd.

-

****

-

-

-

Stafford

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Stamford

Cove Island Park

7/17

144

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

7/15

7/16

198

107

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Stamford

Intervale Road

7/15

7/16


7/22

78

119


86

Neg.

Neg.


Pos.

-

-


WNV (3)

-

-


Cx. pipiens (2)
Cx. restuans (1)

Stonington

Barn Island

7/15

37

Neg.

-

-

Stonington

Coogan Boulevard

7/9

20

Neg.

-

-

Stonington

Stonington High School

7/15

175

Neg.

-

-

Stratford

Beacon Point

7/15

376

Neg.

-

-

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

7/15

32

Neg.

-

-

Tolland

Bolton Lake

7/17

242

Neg.

-

-

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

-

****

-

-

-

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

7/17

44

Neg.

-

-

Wallingford

South Elm Street

7/14

38

Neg.

-

-

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

7/15

57

Neg.

-

-

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

-

****

-

-

-

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

West Haven

Thill Street

-

****

-

-

-

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

-

****

-

-

-

Westport

North Avenue

7/14

161

Neg.

-

-

Westport

Sherwood Island

7/14

84

Neg.

-

-

Wethersfield

Goff Road

7/16

150

Neg.

-

-

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

-

****

-

-

-

Wilton

Saunders Drive

-

****

-

-

-

Wilton

Spectacle Road

-

****

-

-

-

Windham

Bass Road

-

****

-

-

-

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

-

****

-

-

-

Weekly Total

14,628

WNV (14)
EEE (0)
JC (2)

Year to Date

88,676

WNV (26)
EEE (0)
JC (19)

**** test results not available