Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 08-17-98

Week Ending August 17, 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: 6,058.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp 08/06 22 None
BETHANY
Bethany Bog 07/28 11 None
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp 08/06 395 None
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest 08/05 83 None
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond 08/05 269 None
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows 08/06 256 None
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. 07/30 79 None
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp --
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area 07/30 413 None
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base 08/06 55 None
HADDAM
Little City Rd. 08/05 11 None
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 08/03 69 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 07/29 58 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 07/29 238 None
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial 08/05 251 None
LYME
Cedar Lake 08/03 111 None
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 07/29 38 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp 07/29 64 None
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. 08/03 182 None
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp 07/28 92 None
Bell Cedar Swamp 07/28 370 None
Exit 93 08/06 40 None
Pawcatuck River 08/06 260 None
Wyassup Lake 07/29 321 None
OLD LYME
Great Island 08/03 143 None
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp 07/30 326 None
REDDING
Lyons Swamp 07/30 50 None
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp 08/03 11 None
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest --
STONINGTON
Barn Island 08/05 54 None
Stonington H. S. 08/05 132 HJ isolate fr. Culiseta
melanura
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake 07/28
&
08/06
323 None
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery 07/29 866 None
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School 07/30 85 None
Waterford/New London Line 07/20 298 None
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. 07/28 30 None
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 08/03 52 None