Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 10-05-98

Week Ending October 5, 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: 1,048.

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus------HJ = Highlands J virus
Town/Location Date Number Tested Virus
Isolations
BARKHAMSTED
Hoyt Hayes Swamp 09/21 5 None
BETHANY
Bethany Bog 09/22 9 None
CANAAN
Robin’s Swamp 09/21 23 None
CHESTER
Cockaponset St. Forest --
CORNWALL
Mohawk Pond 09/17 9 None
CROMWELL
Cromwell Meadows 09/21 53 None
FAIRFIELD
Catamount Rd. --
FARMINGTON
Shade Swamp 09/22 11 None
FRANKLIN
Wildlife Refuge Area 09/17
&
09/23
36 None
GROTON
U.S. Submarine Base 09/24 8 None
HADDAM
Little City Rd. --
HAMPTON
Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd. 09/16 39 None
KILLINGWORTH
Chittenden Rd. 09/22 20 None
LEDYARD
Cedar Swamp 09/23 12 None
LITCHFIELD
White Memorial 09/17 16 None
LYME
Cedar Lake 09/16 182 (1)HJ - Cs. melanura
MADISON
Rt. 80 Cedar Swamp 09/22 12 None
NEW CANAAN
Hoyts Swamp 09/23 0 None
NEWTOWN
Key Rock Rd. --
NORTH STONINGTON
Assekonk Swamp 09/22 33 None
Bell Cedar Swamp 09/22 100 (1)HJ - Cs. melanura
Exit 93 09/21 78 None
Pawcatuck River 09/21 47 None
Wyassup Lake 09/23 6 None
OLD LYME
Great Island 09/16 92 None
PLAINFIELD
Cedar Swamp 09/17
&
09/23
108 None
REDDING
Lyons Swamp --
RIDGEFIELD
Great Swamp --
STAFFORD
Cedar Swamp, Nipmuck St. Forest --
STONINGTON
Barn Island 09/17 118 None
Stonington H. S. 09/17 24 None
TOLLAND
Bolton Lake --
VOLUNTOWN
Mt. Misery 09/23 7 None
WATERFORD
Waterford Country School --
Waterford/New London Line --
WILLINGTON
Pinney Hill Rd. --
WINDHAM
Bass Rd. 08/25 69 None