Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 8-18-2008

Week of August 18, 2008

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:  12,160


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


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 Town

Trap Site

Date

No. of Mosquitoes

Pos. or Neg.

Virus

Comments

Barkhamsted

Hoyt Hayes Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Bethany

Bethany Bog

8/6

20

Neg.

-

-

Bethel

Meckauer Park

8/4

12

Neg.

-

-

Branford

Hosley Road

8/6

10

Neg.

-

-

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

8/6

32

Neg.

-

-

Bridgeport

Barnum Boulevard

8/6

8/7

86

87

Pos.

Pos.

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

-

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

8/7

247

Neg.

-

-

Cheshire

Lock 12

8/4

25

Neg.

-

-

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

8/4

60

Neg.

-

-

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

8/7

152

Neg.

-

-

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

8/6

3,841

Neg.

-

-

Danbury

Resevior Road

8/4

200

Neg.

-

-

Darien

Brush Island Road

-

****

-

-

-

Darien

High School Lane

8/7

28

Neg.

-

-

East Haven

Kenneth Street

8/7

8/12

1,186

8

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Easton

Sport Hill Road

-

****

-

-

-

Fairfield

Catamount Road

-

****

-

-

-

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

8/7

37

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Farmington

Shade Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

8/4

102

Neg.

-

-

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

8/7

8/12

8/13

323

42

8

Neg.

Pos.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

-

Cx. restuans (1)

Cx. restuans (1)

Greenwich

Civic Center

8/6

8/11

67

20

Pos.

Pos.

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

8/6

27

Neg.

-

-

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

8/6

32

Neg.

-

-

Groton

Naval Base

-

****

-

-

-

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

8/6

37

Neg.

-

-

Haddam

Little City Road

8/6

14

Neg.

-

-

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

7/31

8/7

22

58

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Hampton

Hampton Reservoir

-

****

-

-

-

Hartford

Keney Park

8/4

8/6

68

140

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Hebron

Raymond Brook Marsh

8/4

73

Neg.

-

-

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

8/4

158

Neg.

-

-

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

8/7

57

Neg.

-

-

Lyme

Cedar Lake

8/4

110

Neg.

-

-

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

8/6

50

Neg.

-

-

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

8/7

59

Neg.

-

-

Meriden

Falcon Park

8/4

22

Neg.

-

-

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

8/6

54

Neg.

-

-

Milford

Erna Avenue

7/31

8/4

50

122

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

8/4

33

Neg.

-

-

Monroe

Garder Road

8/6

150

Neg.

-

-

New Britain

Village Square Drive

-

****

-

-

-

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

New Canaan

Michigan Road

-

****

-

-

-

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

8/6

8/7

8/11

8/12

271

178

49

62

Pos.

Pos.

Pos.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

WNV (2)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. salinarius (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)
Cx. salinarius (1)

Newington

Churchill Park

-

****

-

-

-

Newtown

Key Rock Road

8/6

424

Neg.

-

-

North Branford

Cedar Pond

-

****

-

-

-

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

8/7

111

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

8/7

86

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Exit 93

8/7

68

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

-

****

-

-

-

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

8/4

38

Neg.

-

-

Norwalk

Rowayton School

8/6

8/13

118

23

Pos.

Pos.

WNV (2)

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (2)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Old Lyme

Great Island

8/4

194

Neg.

-

-

Orange

Meeting House Lane

8/4

59

Neg.

-

-

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Redding

Lyons Swamp

7/31

4

Neg.

-

-

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

8/4

15

Neg.

-

-

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

South Windsor

Burgess Road

8/7

1,039

Neg.

-

-

Southbury

Supplemental Trap

-

****

-

-

-

Southington

East Rd./Kensington Rd.

-

****

-

-

-

Stafford

Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Stamford

Cove Island Park

8/7

8/12

55

5

Pos.

Pos.

WNV (2)

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (2)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

8/7

80

Pos.

WNV (2)

Cx. pipiens (1)
Cs. melanura (1)

Stamford

Intervale Road

8/7

8/11

8/12

72

30

29

Pos.

Pos.

Pos.

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stonington

Barn Island

8/6

111

Neg.

-

-

Stonington

Coogan Boulevard

8/6

368

Neg.

-

-

Stonington

Stonington High School

-

****

-

-

-

Stratford

Beacon Point

8/7

8/12

24

36

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)
Cx. restuans (1)

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

8/7

6

Neg.

-

-

Tolland

Bolton Lake

-

****

-

-

-

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

-

****

-

-

-

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

-

****

-

-

-

Wallingford

South Elm Street

8/4

20

Neg.

-

-

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

8/6

32

Neg.

-

-

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

-

****

-

-

-

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

West Haven

Thill Street

8/7

323

Neg.

-

-

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

-

****

-

-

-

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

-

****

-

-

-

Westport

North Avenue

8/4

110

Neg.

-

-

Westport

Sherwood Island

8/4

32

Neg.

-

-

Wethersfield

Goff Road

8/7

143

Neg.

-

-

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

-

****

-

-

-

Wilton

Saunders Drive

8/4

16

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Spectacle Road

-

****

-

-

-

Windham

Bass Road

-

****

-

-

-

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

-

****

-

-

-

Weekly Total

12,160

WNV (24)
EEE (0)
JC (0)

Year to Date

119,094

WNV (104)
EEE (0)
JC (19)

**** test results not available