Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 08-10-98

Week Ending August 10, 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: 7,732.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp 07/27 26 None
BETHANY
Bethany Bog --
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp 07/27 1,160 None
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest --
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond 07/23 422 None
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows 07/27 401 None
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. 07/21 84 None
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp 07/28 373 None
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area 07/21 391 None
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base 07/22 80 None
HADDAM
Little City Rd. --
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 07/22 326 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 07/20 111 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp --
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial 07/23 606 None
LYME
Cedar Lake 07/22 119 None
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 07/20 78 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp 07/20 141 None
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. 07/22 730 None
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp --
Bell Cedar Swamp --
Exit 93 07/27 143 None
Pawcatuck River 07/27 314 None
Wyassup Lake --
OLD LYME
Great Island 07/22 975 None
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp 07/21 328 None
REDDING
Lyons Swamp 07/21 42 None
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp 07/22 57 None
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest 07/28 65 None
STONINGTON
Barn Island 07/23 123 None
Stonington H. S. 07/23 296 None
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake --
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery --
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School 07/21 122 None
Waterford/New London Line 07/21 166 None
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. --
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 07/22 53 None