Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 08-25-03

 

Week of August 25, 2003

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: 11,590

WNV = West Nile virus
EEE = Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus
JC = Jamestown Canyon virus

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 Town

Trap Site

Date

No. of Mos-quitoes

Pos. or Neg.

WNV, EEE, JC

Mosquito Species (No.)

Barkhamsted

Hoyt Hayes Swamp

8/11

37

Neg.

-

-

Bethany

Bethany Bog

8/18

50

Pos.

WNN

Cs. melanura

Bethel

Meckauer Park

8/13

14

Neg.

-

-

Branford

Hosley Road

8/7 &

8/19

103

Pos.

WNV

Cx. pipiens

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

-

****

-

-

-

Bridgeport

Barnum Boulevard

8/7

29

Neg.

-

-

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

8/7 &

8/19

216

Pos.

WNV

Ur. sapphirina

Cheshire

Lock 12

8/13

52

Neg.

-

-

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

-

****

-

-

-

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

8/7

198

Neg.

-

-

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

-

****

-

-

-

Danbury

Reservoir Road

7/31 &

8/13

184

Pos.

JC (2)

Cq. perturbans (1)
Cx. restuans (1)

Darien

Brush Island Road

8/11 &

8/20

668

Pos.

WNV

Cx. restuans

Darien

Hanson Road

8/12

34

Neg.

-

-

East Haven

Kenneth Street

8/7

343

Neg.

-

-

Easton

Sport Hill Road

8/11

96

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Catamount Road

8/11 &

8/20

265

Pos.

WNV (3)

Oc. sticticus
Cs. melanura
Cx. pipiens

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

8/7

56

Neg.

-

-

Farmington

Shade Swamp

8/11

62

Neg.

-

-

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

8/12

91

Neg.

-

-

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

8/7 &

8/19

299

Pos.

WNV (2)

Cx. restuans (2)

Greenwich

Civic Center

-

****

-

-

-

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

8/7

65

Neg.

-

-

Groton

Poquonock Road

8/12

115

Neg.

-

-

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

-

****

-

-

-

Haddam

Little City Road

-

****

-

-

-

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

8/11

41

Neg.

-

-

Hampton

Cedar Swamp, Fiske Rd.

8/13

382

Neg.

-

-

Hartford

Keeny Park

8/11

132

Neg.

-

-

Hebron

Mill Stream Road

8/12

28

Neg.

-

-

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

-

****

-

-

-

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

8/12

594

Neg.

-

-

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

8/7

167

Neg.

-

-

Lyme

Cedar Lake

8/13

3

Neg.

-

-

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

-

****

-

-

-

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

8/11

19

Neg.

-

-

Meriden

Falcon Park

8/13

25

Neg.

-

-

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

-

****

-

-

-

Milford

Erna Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

-

****

-

-

-

Monroe

Garder Road

8/14

46

Pos.

WNV

Oc. sticticus

New Britain

Village Square Drive

8/12

217

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

8/12

113

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Michigan Road

8/12

31

Neg.

-

-

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

8/12 &

8/19

271

Pos.

WNV

Cx. salinarius

Newington

Churchill Park

8/12

56

Neg.

-

-

Newtown

Key Rock Road

-

****

-

-

-

North Branford

Cedar Pond

8/7

217

Neg.

-

-

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

8/11

267

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Assekonk Swamp

8/7

67

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

8/11

519

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Exit 93

8/7

282

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

8/11

254

Neg.

-

-

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

8/13

21

Neg.

-

-

Norwalk

Rowayton School

-

****

-

-

-

Old Lyme

Great Island

8/13

155

Neg.

-

-

Orange

Meeting House Lane

-

****

-

-

-

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

8/13

183

Neg.

-

-

Redding

Lyons Swamp

8/11

43

Neg.

-

-

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

8/13

57

Neg.

-

-

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

8/13

212

Neg.

-

-

South Windsor

Burgess Road

8/11

335

Neg.

-

-

Southington

East Rd./Kensington Rd.

8/12

68

Neg.

-

-

Stafford

Cedar Swamp

8/12

227

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Cove Island Park

8/11

46

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

8/7

50

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Intervale Road

8/7

26

Neg.

-

-

Stonington

Barn Island

-

****

-

-

-

Stonington

Stonington High School

-

****

-

-

-

Stratford

Beacon Point

8/18

3

Pos.

WNV

Cx. restuans

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

-

****

-

-

-

Tolland

Bolton Lake

8/11

120

Neg.

-

-

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

8/13

20

Neg.

-

-

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

8/11

223

Neg.

-

-

Wallingford

South Elm Street

8/13

72

Neg.

-

-

Wallingford

Supplemental Trap

-

****

-

 

 

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

-

****

-

-

-

Waterford

Wtfd/N. London Line

8/12

484

Neg.

-

-

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

8/11

23

Neg.

-

-

West Haven

Thill Street

8/12

422

Neg.

-

-

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

8/13

313

Neg.

-

-

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

8/12

276

Pos.

JC

Oc. sticticus

Westport

North Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Westport

Sherwood Island

-

****

-

-

-

Wethersfield

Goff Road

8/7

1,144

Neg.

-

-

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

8/12

61

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Saunders Drive

8/13

24

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Spectacle Road

8/12

121

Neg.

-

-

Windham

Bass Road

8/13

68

Neg.

-

-

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

8/12

85

Neg.

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

11,590

 

 

 

 

Year to Date

 

165,483

 

 

 

**** test results not available