Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 09-19-01

 

Week of September 19, 2001

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: 4,520

EEE=Eastern equine encephalitis virus    HJ=Highlands J virus    WNV=West Nile Virus

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Follow this link to view the cumulative results to date

 Town

Trap Site

Date

Number of Mosquitoes

Pos. or Neg.

WNV or EEE

Comments

Barkhamsted

Hoyt Hayes Swamp

8/30

5

Neg.

-

-

Bethany

Bethany Bog

9/10

6

Neg.

-

-

Bethel

Meckauer Park

9/5

15

Neg.

-

-

Branford

Hosley Road

-

****

-

-

-

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

9/10

101

Neg.

-

-

Bridgeport

Barnum Blvd

9/11

24

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex pipiens

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Cheshire

Half Moon Road

9/6

5

Neg.

-

-

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

9/6

7

Neg.

-

-

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

-

****

-

-

-

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

9/10

17

Neg.

-

-

Danbury

Resevior Road

9/5

24

Neg.

-

-

Darien

Brush Island Road

8/30

1,346

Neg.

-

-

Darien

Hanson Road

9/4

29

Neg.

-

-

East Haven

Kenneth Street

-

****

-

-

-

Easton

Sport Hill Road

-

****

-

-

-

Fairfield

Catamount Road

-

****

-

-

-

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

-

****

-

-

-

Farmington

Shade Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

9/6

59

Neg.

-

-

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

-

****

-

-

-

Granby

Cupplemental Traps

-

****

-

-

-

Greenwich

Civic Center

9/10

18

Neg.

-

-

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

9/10

25

Neg.

-

-

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

-

****

-

-

-

Groton

Gungywamp Road

9/5

17

Neg.

-

-

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

9/10

14

Neg.

-

-

Haddam

Little City Road

9/10

18

Pos.

EEE

Isloate from Culiseta melanura

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

-

****

-

-

-

Hampton

Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd

9/5

4

Neg.

-

-

Hartford

Keeny Park

9/4

6

Neg.

-

-

Hebron

Mill Stream Road

9/6

3

Neg.

-

-

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

9/6

9

Neg.

-

-

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

9/4

160

Neg.

-

-

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

-

****

-

-

-

Lyme

Cedar Lake

9/5

22

Neg.

-

-

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

9/10

4

Neg.

-

-

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

8/30

22

Neg.

-

-

Meriden

Falcon Park

9/6

25

Neg.

-

-

Middlebury

Supplemental traps

-

****

-

-

-

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

9/10

166

Neg.

-

-

Milford

Erna Avenue

9/6

19

Neg.

-

-

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

9/6

7

Neg.

-

-

Monroe

Garder Road

9/6

16

Neg.

-

-

New Britain

Village Square Drive

9/5

118

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

9/4

12

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Michigan Road

9/4

1

Neg.

-

-

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

9/4

5

Neg.

-

-

Newington

Churchill Park

9/4

17

Neg.

-

-

Newtown

Key Rock Road

9/6

97

Neg.

-

-

North Branford

Cedar Pond

-

****

-

-

-

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

9/10

91

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Assekonk Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

8/30

263

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Exit 93

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

-

****

-

-

-

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

9/5

12

Neg.

-

-

Norwalk

Rowayton School

9/6

19

Neg.

-

-

Old Lyme

Great Island

9/5

36

Neg.

-

-

Orange

Meeting House Lane

9/6

50

Neg.

-

-

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

9/5

37

Neg.

-

-

Redding

Lyons Swamp

-

****

-

--

-

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

9/5

7

Neg.

-

-

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

9/5

40

Neg.

-

-

South Windsor

Burgess Road

-

****

-

-

-

Southington

East Rd/Kensington Rd

9/5

6

Neg.

-

-

Stafford

Cedar Swamp, Nipmunk State Forest

9/4

6

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Cove Island Park

-

****

-

-

-

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

-

****

-

-

-

Stamford

Intervale Road

-

****

-

-

-

Stonington

Barn Island

9/10

61

Pos.

EEE

Isolate from Culiseta melanura

Stonington

Stonington High School

9/10

56

Neg.

-

-

Stratford

Beacon Point

9/10

64

Neg.

-

-

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

9/10

22

Neg.

-

-

Tolland

Bolton Lake

-

****

-

-

-

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

9/5

6

Neg.

-

-

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

-

****

-

-

-

Wallingford

South Elm Street

9/6

7

Neg.

-

-

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

9/10

5

Neg.

-

-

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

9/4

101

Neg.

-

-

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

9/4

15

Neg.

-

-

West Haven

Prindle Road

9/4

46

Neg.

-

-

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

9/5

265

Neg.

-

-

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

9/4

8

Neg.

-

-

Westport

North Avenue

9/6

3

Neg.

-

-

Westport

Sherwood Island

9/6

183

Neg.

-

-

Wethersfield

Goff Road

-

****

-

-

-

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

9/4

34

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Saunders Drive

9/5

19

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Spectacle Road

9/4

152

Neg.

-

-

Windham

Bass Road

9/5

2

Neg.

-

-

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

9/4

32

Neg.

-

-

-

-

-

****

-

-

-

Colchester

Supplemental Traps

9/5

65

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Supplemental Traps

9/6

51

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex pipiens

Norwalk

Supplemental Traps

9/6

59

Neg.

-

-

Old Saybrook

Supplemental Traps

9/10

12

Neg.

-

-

Stonington

Supplemental Traps

9/10

17

Neg.

-

-

West Haven

Supplemental Traps

9/10

245

2 Pos.

2 WNV

Isolate from Culex pipiens
Isolate from Culex salinarius

-

Total

-

4,540

-

-

-

-

Year to Date

-

117,210

-

-

-

**** test results not available