Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 08-24-98

Week Ending August 24, 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: 1,471.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp --
BETHANY
Bethany Bog 08/10 12  None
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp --
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest --
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond --
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows --
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. 08/12 30 None
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp 08/10 204 None
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area 08/12 17 None
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base 08/13 19 None
HADDAM
Little City Rd. --
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 08/13 64 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 08/11 34 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 08/11  90  None
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial --
LYME
Cedar Lake 08/13 45 None
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 08/11 47 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp 08/11 112 None
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. --
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp 08/10 63  None
Bell Cedar Swamp 08/10  170 2 HJ - Cs. melanura, Cs. morsitans
Exit 93 --
Pawcatuck River --
Wyassup Lake 08/11  83  None
OLD LYME
Great Island --
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp 08/12 54 None
REDDING
Lyons Swamp 08/12 24 None
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp --
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest 08/10 43 None
STONINGTON
Barn Island --
Stonington H. S. --
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake --
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery 08/11 203 None
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School 08/12 13 None
Waterford/New London Line 08/12 82 None
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. 08/10 22 None
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 08/13 40 None