Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 09-07-98

Week Ending September 8, 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: 1,627.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp --
BETHANY
Bethany Bog --
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp --
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest 08/26 56 None
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond 08/26 19 None
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows --
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. 08/24 37 None
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp --
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area 08/24 58 None
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base --
HADDAM
Little City Rd. 08/26 5 None
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 08/25 54 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 08/20 15 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 08/20 77 None
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial 08/26 48 None
LYME
Cedar Lake 08/25 69 None
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 08/20 11 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp --
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. 08/25 73 None
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp --
Bell Cedar Swamp --
Exit 93 --
Pawcatuck River --
Wyassup Lake --
OLD LYME
Great Island 08/25 580 None
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp 08/24 151 None
REDDING
Lyons Swamp 08/24 17 None
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp 08/25 34 None
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest --
STONINGTON
Barn Island 08/26 73 2 HJ-(1)Ae. vexans
(1) Cs. melanura
Stonington H. S. 08/26 42 None
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake --
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery 08/20 33 None
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School 08/24 0 None
Waterford/New London Line 08/24 106 None
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. --
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 08/25 69 None