Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 09-26-01

 

Week of September 26, 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: 2,900

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

9/12

1

Neg.

-

-

Bethany

Bethany Bog

-

****

-

-

-

Bethel

Meckauer Park

-

****

-

-

-

Branford

Hosley Road

9/12

15

Neg.

-

-

Branford

Supplemental Traps

9/13

46

Neg.

-

-

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

9/10

2

Neg.

-

-

Bridgeport

Barnum Blvd

9/11

6

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Aedes sollicitans

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

9/11

20

Neg.

-

-

Cheshire

Half Moon Road

-

****

-

-

-

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

-

****

-

-

-

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

9/11

22

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culiseta melanura

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

-

****

-

-

-

Danbury

Resevior Road

-

****

-

-

-

Darien

Brush Island Road

9/12

432

Neg.

-

-

Darien

Hanson Road

9/13

28

Neg.

-

-

East Haven

Kenneth Street

9/12

149

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex salinarius

East Haven

Supplemental Traps

9/13

40

Neg.

-

-

Easton

Sport Hill Road

9/12

10

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Catamount Road

9/12

5

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

9/11

33

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex pipiens

Fairfield

Supplemental Traps

9/13

85

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex salinarius

Farmington

Shade Swamp

9/12

7

Neg.

-

-

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

-

****

-

-

-

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

9/12

1

Neg,

-

-

Granby

Supplemental Traps

9/12

5

Neg.

-

-

Greenwich

Civic Center

-

****

-

-

-

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

9/11

47

Neg.

-

-

Groton

Gungywamp Road

-

****

-

-

-

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

-

****

-

-

-

Haddam

Little City Road

-

****

-

-

-

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

9/12

6

Neg.

-

-

Hampton

Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd

-

****

-

-

-

Hartford

Keeny Park

9/4

9/13

71

33

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

Hebron

Mill Stream Road

-

****

-

-

-

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

-

****

-

-

-

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

9/13

52

Neg.

-

-

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

9/11

10

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Aedes cinereus

Lyme

Cedar Lake

-

****

-

-

-

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

-

****

-

-

-

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

9/12

16

Neg.

-

-

Meriden

Falcon Park

-

****

-

-

-

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

-

****

-

-

-

Milford

Erna Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

-

****

-

-

-

Milford

Supplemental Traps

8/23

144

Pos.

2 WNV

Isolate from Aedes taeniorhynchus

Isolate from Culiseta melanura

Monroe

Garder Road

-

****

-

-

-

New Britain

Village Square Drive

-

****

-

-

-

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

9/13

27

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Michigan Road

9/4

9/13

38

30

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

9/4

9/13

78

36

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

Newington

Churchill Park

9/13

5

Neg.

-

-

Newtown

Key Rock Road

-

****

-

-

-

North Branford

Cedar Pond

9/12

36

Neg.

-

-

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

9/12

31

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Assekonk Swamp

9/12

26

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

9/11

344

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Exit 93

9/11

64

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

9/12

36

Neg.

-

* WNV Isolate from Anopheles punctipennis (Collected 8/21/01)

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

-

****

-

-

-

Norwalk

Rowayton School

-

****

-

-

-

Old Lyme

Great Island

-

****

-

-

-

Orange

Meeting House Lane

-

****

-

-

-

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Redding

Lyons Swamp

9/12

0

Neg.

-

-

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

South Windsor

Burgess Road

9/12

199

Neg.

-

-

Southington

East Rd/Kensington Rd

-

****

-

-

-

Stafford

Cedar Swamp, Nipmunk

State Forest

9/13

10

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Cove Island Park

9/12

61

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

9/11

36

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culiseta melanura

Stamford

Intervale Road

9/11

46

Neg.

-

-

Stonington

Barn Island

-

****

-

-

-

Stonington

Stonington High School

-

****

-

-

-

Stonington

Supplemental Trap

9/11

21

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Uranotaenia sapphirina

Stratford

Beacon Point

-

****

-

-

-

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

-

****

-

-

-

Tolland

Bolton Lake

9/13

16

Neg.

-

-

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

-

****

-

-

-

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

9/12

24

Neg.

-

-

Wallingford

South Elm Street

-

****

-

-

-

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

-

****

-

-

-

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

-

****

-

-

-

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

9/13

3

Neg.

-

-

West Haven

Prindle Road

9/13

32

Neg.

-

-

West Haven

Supplemental Traps

9/12

98

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex salinarius

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

9/13

12

Neg.

-

-

Westport

North Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Westport

Sherwood Island

-

****

-

-

-

Wethersfield

Goff Road

9/12

49

Neg.

-

-

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

9/13

27

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Saunders Drive

-

****

-

-

-

Wilton

Spectacle Road

9/13

149

Neg.

-

-

Windham

Bass Road

9/5

11

Neg.

-

-

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

9/13

79

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culiseta melanura

-

Total

-

2,900

-

-

-

-

Year to Date

-

120,100

-

-

-

**** test results not available