Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 9-2-2008

Week of September 2, 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:  11,533 


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

8/19

7

Neg.

-

-

Bethany

Bethany Bog

-

****

-

-

-

Bethel

Meckauer Park

8/25

19

Neg.

-

-

Branford

Hosley Road

-

****

-

-

-

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

8/27

27

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Bridgeport

Barnum Boulevard

8/19

8/27

51

24

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

8/19

905

Neg.

-

-

Cheshire

Lock 12

-

****

-

-

-

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

-

****

-

-

-

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

8/19

26

Neg.

-

-

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

8/19

1,039

Neg.

-

-

Danbury

Resevior Road

8/25

163

Neg.

-

-

Darien

Brush Island Road

8/20

621

Neg.

-

-

Darien

High School Lane

8/20

8/21

8/27

33

33

8

Neg.

Pos.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

East Haven

Kenneth Street

8/19

1,152

Neg.

-

-

Easton

Sport Hill Road

8/20

39

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Catamount Road

8/19

60

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

8/19

8/20

8/27

60

16

11

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Farmington

Shade Swamp

8/20

139

Neg.

-

-

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

8/20


8/21


8/27

366


479


50

Neg.


Pos.


Pos.

-


WNV (2)


WNV (1)

-

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


Cx. restuans (1)

Greenwich

Civic Center

8/19

8/25

47

113

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

8/19

8/25

24

64

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

8/25

56

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

Groton

Naval Base

8/21

338

Neg.

-

-

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

-

****

-

-

-

Haddam

Little City Road

8/19

33

Neg.

-

-

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

8/21

8/25

10

13

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Hampton

Hampton Reservoir

8/25

42

Neg.

-

-

Hartford

Keney Park

8/21

8/25

403

296

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Hebron

Raymond Brook Marsh

8/19

43

Neg.

-

-

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

-

****

-

-

-

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

8/20

89

Neg.

-

-

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

8/19

48

Neg.

-

-

Lyme

Cedar Lake

8/25

55

Neg.

-

-

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

-

****

-

-

-

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

8/20

38

Neg.

-

-

Meriden

Falcon Park

-

****

-

-

-

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

8/19

93

Neg.

-

-

Milford

Erna Avenue

8/21

8/25

66

77

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

-

****

-

-

-

Monroe

Garder Road

8/6

50

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cs. melanura (1)

New Britain

Village Square Drive

8/25

310

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

8/20

8/21

13

18

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

New Canaan

Michigan Road

8/21

15

Neg.

-

-

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

8/21

127

Neg.

-

-

Newington

Churchill Park

8/21

124

Neg.

-

-

Newtown

Key Rock Road

-

****

-

-

-

North Branford

Cedar Pond

-

****

-

-

-

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

8/19

55

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

8/19

118

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Exit 93

8/19

51

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

8/20

25

Neg.

-

-

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

8/20

8/21

8

40

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. restuans (1)

Norwalk

Rowayton School

8/20

8/21

8/27

16

45

24

Neg.

Pos.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Old Lyme

Great Island

8/25

54

Neg.

-

-

Orange

Meeting House Lane

-

****

-

-

-

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

8/25

135

Neg.

-

-

Redding

Lyons Swamp

8/20

8

Neg.

-

-

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

8/25

28

Neg.

-

-

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

8/21

8/25

71

24

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

South Windsor

Burgess Road

8/20

475

Neg.

-

-

Southbury

Supplemental Trap

-

****

-

-

-

Southington

East Rd./Kensington Rd.

8/25

28

Neg.

-

-

Stafford

Cedar Swamp

8/21

41

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Cove Island Park

8/19

8/25

8/26

39

102

13

Neg.

Pos.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

8/19

8/25

8/26

75

133

9

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stamford

Intervale Road

8/19

8/25

31

130

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stonington

Barn Island

-

****

-

-

-

Stonington

Coogan Boulevard

-

****

-

-

-

Stonington

Stonington High School

-

****

-

-

-

Stratford

Beacon Point

8/19

55

Neg.

-

-

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

-

****

-

-

-

Tolland

Bolton Lake

8/21

162

Neg.

-

-

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

8/25

8

Neg.

-

-

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

8/20

80

Neg.

-

-

Wallingford

South Elm Street

-

****

-

-

-

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

-

****

-

-

-

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

8/21

268

Neg.

-

-

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

8/21

115

Neg.

-

-

West Haven

Thill Street

8/21

8/25

263

66

Pos.

Neg.

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

-

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

8/21

80

Neg.

-

-

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

8/21

37

Neg.

-

-

Westport

North Avenue

8/20

8/21

27

61

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Westport

Sherwood Island

-

****

-

-

-

Wethersfield

Goff Road

8/20

8/21

8/27

160

218

6

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. restuans (1)

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

8/21

56

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Saunders Drive

8/19

12

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Spectacle Road

8/21

10

Neg.

-

-

Windham

Bass Road

8/25

114

Neg.

-

-

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

8/21

24

Neg.

-

-

Weekly Total

11,533

WNV (21)
EEE (0)
JC (0)

Year to Date

144,843

WNV (147)
EEE (0)
JC (19)

**** test results not available