Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 08-03-98

Week Ending August 3, 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: 8,616.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp 07/15 48 None
BETHANY
Bethany Bog 07/16 20 None
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp 07/15 2,407 None
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest 07/14 343 None
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond 07/14 539 None
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows 07/15 476 None
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. --
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp 07/16 707 None
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area --
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base 07/16 155 None
HADDAM
Little City Rd. 07/14 25 None
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. --
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. --
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 07/20 171 None
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial 07/14 326 None
LYME
Cedar Lake --
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp --
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp --
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. 07/13 259 None
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp 07/16 100 None
Bell Cedar Swamp 07/16 246 None
Exit 93 07/15 87 None
Pawcatuck River 07/15 302 None
Wyassup Lake 07/20 316 None
OLD LYME
Great Island --
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp --
REDDING
Lyons Swamp --
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp 07/13 52 None
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest 07/16 150 None
STONINGTON
Barn Island 07/14 89 None
Stonington H. S. 07/14 921 None
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake 07/16 573 None
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery 07/20 155 None
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School --
Waterford/New London Line --
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. 07/16 57 None
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 07/13 92 None