Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 09-21-98

Week Ending September 21, 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: 1,567.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp 09/09 0 None
BETHANY
Bethany Bog 09/10 2 None
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp 09/09 6 None
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest 09/08 27 None
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond 09/08 5 None
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows 09/09 48 None
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. 09/02 14 None
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp 09/10 9 None
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area 09/03 97 None
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base --
HADDAM
Little City Rd. 09/08 11 None
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 09/02 25 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 09/01 15 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 09/01 276 None
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial 09/08 5 None
LYME
Cedar Lake 09/03 29 None
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 09/01 16 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp 09/01 11 None
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. 09/03 52 None
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp 09/10 16 None
Bell Cedar Swamp 09/10 25 None
Exit 93 09/09 16 None
Pawcatuck River 09/09 21 None
Wyassup Lake --
OLD LYME
Great Island 09/03 216 None
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp 09/03 156 None
REDDING
Lyons Swamp 09/02 20 None
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp 09/03 3 None
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest 09/10 4 None
STONINGTON
Barn Island 09/08 71 None
Stonington H. S. 09/08 26 None
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake 09/10 9 None
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery --
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School 09/02 14 None
Waterford/New London Line 09/02 197 None
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. 09/10 6 None
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 09/02 119 None