Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 09-17-02

 

Week of September 17, 2002

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: 1,759

EEE=Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus    HJ =Highlands J virus    WNV =West Nile virus

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 Town

Trap Site

Date

No. of Mos-quitoes

Pos. or Neg.

WNV or EEE

Comments

Barkhamsted

Hoyt Hayes Swamp

9/4

3

Neg.

 

 

Bethany

Bethany Bog

 

 

 

 

 

Bethel

Meckauer Park

 

 

 

 

 

Branford

Hosley Road

9/3

2

Neg.

 

 

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

9/3
9/5

5
21

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Bridgeport

Barnum Blvd

9/3
9/4

44
2

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Bristol

Supplemental Traps

9/4

8

Neg.

 

 

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

9/3

2

Neg.

 

 

Cheshire

Half Moon Road

 

 

 

 

 

Cheshire

Lock 12

 

 

 

 

 

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

 

 

 

 

 

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

9/3

18

Neg.

 

 

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

 

 

 

 

 

Danbury

Resevior Road

 

 

 

 

 

Darien

Brush Island Road

9/4

55

Neg.

 

 

Darien

Hanson Road

9/3
9/5

8
8

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

East Haven

Kenneth Street

9/3
9/4

5
109

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Easton

Sport Hill Road

9/4

0

Neg.

 

 

Fairfield

Catamount Road

9/4

2

Neg.

 

 

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

9/3

0

Neg.

 

 

Farmington

Shade Swamp

9/4

12

Neg.

 

 

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

 

 

 

 

 

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

9/3

50

Neg.

 

 

Greenwich

Civic Center

9/3
9/4
9/5

18
6
7

Neg.
Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

9/3

12

 

Neg.

 

 

Groton

Gungywamp Road

 

 

 

 

 

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

 

 

 

 

 

Haddam

Little City Road

 

 

 

 

 

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

9/4

9

Neg.

 

 

Hampton

Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd

 

 

 

 

 

Hartford

Keeny Park

9/3
9/5

38
25

Neg.
3 Pos.

-
3 WNV

-
1 Isolate from Aedes vexans
1 Isolate from Culex pipiens
1 Isolate from Uranotaenia sapphirina

Hebron

Mill Stream Road

 

 

 

 

 

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

 

 

 

 

 

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

9/5

35

Neg.

 

 

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

9/3

6

Neg.

 

 

Lyme

Cedar Lake

 

 

 

 

 

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

 

 

 

 

 

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

9/5

0

Neg.

 

 

Meriden

Falcon Park

 

 

 

 

 

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

 

 

 

 

 

Milford

Erna Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

 

 

 

 

 

Monroe

Garder Road

 

 

 

 

 

New Britain

Village Square Drive

9/3
9/4

74
115

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

9/5

18

Neg.

 

 

New Canaan

Michigan Road

9/5

6

Neg.

 

 

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

9/5

12

Pos.

WNV

1 Isolate from Culex pipiens

Newington

Churchill Park

9/3
9/5

87
35

Neg.
Pos.

-
WNV

-
1 Isolate from Culex restuans

Newtown

Key Rock Road

 

 

 

 

 

North Branford

Cedar Pond

9/3

6

Neg.

 

 

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

9/4

15

Neg.

 

 

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

 

 

 

 

 

North Stonington

Assekonk Swamp

9/3

13

Neg.

 

 

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

9/4

33

Neg.

 

 

North Stonington

Exit 93

9/3

36

Neg.

 

 

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

9/4

131

Neg.

 

 

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

 

 

 

 

 

Norwalk

Rowayton School

9/10

4

Pos.

WNV

1 Isolate from Culex pipiens

Old Lyme

Great Island

 

 

 

 

 

Orange

Meeting House Lane

 

 

 

 

 

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

 

 

 

 

 

Redding

Lyons Swamp

9/4

19

Neg.

 

 

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

 

 

 

 

 

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

South Windsor

Burgess Road

9/5

22

Neg.

 

 

Southington

East Rd/Kensington Rd

 

 

 

 

 

Stafford

Cedar Swamp

9/5

5

Neg.

 

 

Stamford

Cove Island Park

9/4
9/5
9/9

3
11
1

Neg.
Neg.
Pos.

-
-
WNV

-
-
1 Isolate from Culex salinarius

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

9/3
9/4

24
37

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Stamford

Intervale Road

9/3
9/4

5
9

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Stonington

Barn Island

 

 

 

 

 

Stonington

Stonington High School

 

 

 

 

 

Stratford

Beacon Point

9/3
9/5
-
9/9
9/11

24
65
-
42
20

Neg.
2 Pos.
-
Pos.
Pos.

-
2 WNV
-
WNV
WNV

-
1 Isolate from Culex pipiens
1 Isolate from Culex restuans
1 Isolate from Culex pipiens
1 Isolate from Culex pipiens

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

 

 

 

 

 

Tolland

Bolton Lake

9/5

31

Neg.

 

 

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

 

 

 

 

 

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

9/4

125

Neg.

 

 

Wallingford

South Elm Street

 

 

 

 

 

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

 

 

 

 

 

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

9/5

7

Neg.

 

 

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

9/5

5

Neg.

 

 

West Haven

Thill Street

9/5

135

Neg.

 

 

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

9/5

10

Neg.

 

 

Westport

North Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

Westport

Sherwood Island

 

 

 

 

 

Wethersfield

Goff Road

9/3

19

Neg.

 

 

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

9/5

4

Neg.

 

 

Wilton

Saunders Drive

 

 

 

 

 

Wilton

Spectacle Road

9/5

29

Neg.

 

 

Windham

Bass Road

 

 

 

 

 

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

9/5

12

Neg.

 

 

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

Total

 

1,759

11 Pos.

11 WNV

3 Isolates from Hartford
1 Isolate from New Haven
1 Isolate from Newington
1 Isolate from Norwalk
1 Isolate from Stamford
4 Isolates from Stratford

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Year to Date

 

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

**** test results not available