Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 09-24-02

Week of September 24, 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: 1,840

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

-

****

-

 

 

Bethany

Bethany Bog

9/11

3

Neg.

 

 

Bethel

Meckauer Park

9/9

7

Neg.

 

 

Branford

Hosley Road

9/12

4

Neg.

 

 

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

9/10
9/11

15
55

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Bridgeport

Barnum Blvd

9/11
9/12

19
54

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Bristol

Supplemental Traps

-

****

-

 

 

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

Cheshire

Half Moon Road

-

****

-

 

 

Cheshire

Lock 12

9/10

9

Neg.

 

 

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

9/10

66

Neg.

 

 

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

-

****

-

 

 

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

9/11

71

Neg.

 

 

Danbury

Resevior Road

9/9

11

Neg.

 

 

Darien

Brush Island Road

-

****

-

 

 

Darien

Hanson Road

9/10
9/12

6
1

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

East Haven

Kenneth Street

9/10
9/12

16
60

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Easton

Sport Hill Road

9/16

5

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex salinarius

Fairfield

Catamount Road

-

****

-

 

 

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

9/12

11

Neg.

 

 

Farmington

Shade Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

9/10

24

Neg.

 

 

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

9/12

10

Neg.

 

 

Greenwich

Civic Center

9/9
9/11
9/16

15
8
3

Neg.
Neg.
Pos.

-
-
WNV

-
-
Isolate from Culex pipiens

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

9/11

1

Neg.

 

 

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

9/12

4

Neg.

 

 

Greenwich

Supplemental Traps

9/18

5

Pos.

WNV

Isolate from Culex pipiens

Groton

Gungywamp Road

9/10

14

Neg.

 

 

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

9/11

4

Neg.

 

 

Haddam

Little City Road

9/11

5

Neg.

 

 

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

-

****

-

 

 

Hampton

Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd

9/9

59

Neg.

 

 

Hartford

Keeny Park

9/9
9/11
9/12

68
16
21

Neg.
Pos.
Neg.

-
WNV
-

-
Isolate form Culex pipiens
-

Hartford

Supplemental Traps

9/16

20

2 Pos.

2 WNV

2 Isolates from Culex pipiens

Hebron

Mill Stream Road

9/10

10

Neg.

 

 

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

9/10

7

Neg.

 

 

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

-

****

-

 

 

Lyme

Cedar Lake

9/9

11

Neg.

 

 

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

9/11

0

Neg.

 

 

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

9/10
9/12

25
5

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Meriden

Falcon Park

9/10

14

Neg.

 

 

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

9/11

32

Neg.

 

 

Milford

Erna Avenue

9/10

13

Neg.

 

 

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

9/10

2

Neg.

 

 

Monroe

Garder Road

9/10

39

Neg.

 

 

New Britain

Village Square Drive

9/9
9/12

34
8

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

New Canaan

Michigan Road

-

****

-

 

 

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

-

****

-

 

 

Newington

Churchill Park

9/9
9/11
9/12

28
38
9

Neg.
Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Newtown

Key Rock Road

9/10

153

Neg.

 

 

North Branford

Cedar Pond

9/12

5

Neg.

 

 

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

-

****

-

 

 

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

9/11

9

Neg.

 

 

North Stonington

Assekonk Swamp

9/12

12

Neg.

 

 

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

North Stonington

Exit 93

9/12

5

Neg.

 

 

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

-

****

-

 

 

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

9/9

6

Neg.

 

 

Norwalk

Rowayton School

9/10

1

Neg.

 

 

Old Lyme

Great Island

9/9

19

Neg.

 

 

Orange

Meeting House Lane

9/10

4

Neg.

 

 

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

9/9

61

Neg.

 

 

Redding

Lyons Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

9/9

4

Neg.

 

 

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

9/9

18

Neg.

 

 

South Windsor

Burgess Road

-

****

-

 

 

Southington

East Rd/Kensington Rd

9/9

13

Neg.

 

 

Stafford

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

Stamford

Cove Island Park

9/9
9/11

23
12

Neg.
Pos.

-
WNV

-
Isolate from Culex pipiens

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

9/10
9/12

22
1

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Stamford

Intervale Road

9/11
9/12

12
6

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Stonington

Barn Island

9/11

20

Neg.

 

 

Stonington

Stonington High School

9/11

18

Neg.

 

 

Stratford

Beacon Point

9/9
9/11

76
121

Neg.
Neg.

 

 

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

9/11

3

Neg.

 

 

Tolland

Bolton Lake

-

****

-

 

 

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

9/9

1

Neg.

 

 

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

-

****

-

 

 

Wallingford

South Elm Street

9/10

4

Neg.

 

 

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

9/11

4

Neg.

 

 

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

-

****

-

 

 

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

-

****

-

 

 

West Haven

Thill Street

-

****

-

 

 

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

9/9

32

Neg.

 

 

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

-

****

-

 

 

Westport

North Avenue

9/10

11

Neg.

 

 

Westport

Sherwood Island

9/10

103

Neg.

 

 

Wethersfield

Goff Road

9/12

13

Neg.

 

 

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

-

****

-

 

 

Wilton

Saunders Drive

9/9

7

Neg.

 

 

Wilton

Spectacle Road

-

****

-

 

 

Windham

Bass Road

9/9

62

Neg.

 

 

Windsor

Supplemental Traps

9/9

17

Neg.

 

 

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

-

****

-

 

 

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

Total

 

1,840

7 Pos.

7 WNV

1 Isolate from Easton
3 Isolates from Hartford
2 Isolates from Greenwich
1 Isolate from Stamford

-

Year to Date

 

140,160

 

 

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

**** test results not available