Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Mosquito Trapping and Testing Report 8-25-2008

Week of August 25, 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:  14,216


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

8/11

23

Neg.

-

-

Bethany

Bethany Bog

8/18

78

Neg.

-

-

Bethel

Meckauer Park

8/14

21

Neg.

-

-

Branford

Hosley Road

-

****

-

-

-

Bridgeport

Beardsley Zoo

8/18

94

Pos.

WNV (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Bridgeport

Barnum Boulevard

8/11

8/12

8/18


8/19

164

166

262


51

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.


Pos.

-

-

-


WNV (2)

-

-


-

Cx. salinarius (1)
Cx. territans (1)

Canaan

Robin’s Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

Cheshire

Lock 12

8/14

24

Neg.

-

-

Chester

Cockaponset St. Forest

8/14

146

Neg.

-

-

Cornwall

Mohawk Pond

-

****

-

-

-

Cromwell

Cromwell Meadows

-

****

-

-

-

Danbury

Resevior Road

8/14

176

Neg.

-

-

Darien

Brush Island Road

8/11

8/20

1,043

17

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Darien

High School Lane

8/13

8/14

30

34

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

East Haven

Kenneth Street

8/11

8/12

8/18

8/19

356

714

648

11

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Easton

Sport Hill Road

8/11

27

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Catamount Road

8/11

39

Neg.

-

-

Fairfield

Pine Creek Area

8/11

8/12

8/20

53

33

23

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Farmington

Shade Swamp

8/11

106

Neg.

-

-

Franklin

Wildlife Refuge

8/18

212

Neg.

-

-

Glastonbury

Tryon Street

8/12

8/13

445

501

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Greenwich

Civic Center

8/11

8/12

8/18

8/19

47

49

129

5

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

-

Cx. restuans (1)

Greenwich

Lake Avenue

8/13

8/18

12

57

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Greenwich

Mianus River Park

8/11

8/12

8/18

11

9

40

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Groton

Naval Base

-

****

-

-

-

Guilford

Moose Hill Road

8/18

27

Neg.

-

-

Haddam

Little City Road

-

****

-

-

-

Hamden

Lake Wintergreen

7/31

8/11

8/12

22

31

30

Pos.

Neg.

Neg.

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. restuans (1)

-

-

Hampton

Hampton Reservoir

8/18

128

Neg.

-

-

Hartford

Keney Park

8/6

8/12

8/18

2

455

1,156

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hebron

Raymond Brook Marsh

-

****

-

-

-

Killingworth

Chittenden Road

8/14

156

Neg.

-

-

Ledyard

Cedar Swamp

8/11

146

Neg.

-

-

Litchfield/Morris

White Memorial

-

****

-

-

-

Lyme

Cedar Lake

8/13

64

Neg.

-

-

Madison

Cedar Swamp, Rte. 80

8/18

13

Neg.

-

-

Manchester

Oak Grove Street

-

****

-

-

-

Meriden

Falcon Park

8/14

27

Neg.

-

-

Middlefield

Durham Meadows

-

****

-

-

-

Milford

Erna Avenue

8/13

8/14

93

140

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Milford

Fresh Meadow Lane

8/14

3

Neg.

-

-

Monroe

Garder Road

8/6

8/14

50

65

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

New Britain

Village Square Drive

8/13

300

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Hoyts Swamp

8/13

21

Neg.

-

-

New Canaan

Michigan Road

8/13

8

Neg.

-

-

New Haven

Beaver Pond Park

8/7

8/11

8/12

4

95

110

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

-

-

Newington

Churchill Park

8/12

117

Neg.

-

-

Newtown

Key Rock Road

8/14

351

Neg.

-

-

North Branford

Cedar Pond

8/11

8/18

95

91

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

North Haven

Quinnipiac River Park

8/12

30

Neg.

-

-

North Stonington

Pawcatuck River

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Bell Cedar Swamp

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Exit 93

-

****

-

-

-

North Stonington

Wyassup Lake

8/11

85

Neg.

-

-

Norwalk

Cranbury Park

8/13

8/14

16

5

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Norwalk

Rowayton School

8/13

8/14

8/20

24

63

49

Neg.

Pos.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Old Lyme

Great Island

8/13

42

Neg.

-

-

Orange

Meeting House Lane

8/14

18

Neg.

-

-

Plainfield

Cedar Swamp

8/18

102

Neg.

-

-

Redding

Lyons Swamp

8/12

9

Neg.

-

-

Ridgefield

Great Swamp

8/13

50

Neg.

-

-

Shelton

Shelton Avenue

8/13

8/14

165

113

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

South Windsor

Burgess Road

-

****

-

-

-

Southbury

Supplemental Trap

-

****

-

-

-

Southington

East Rd./Kensington Rd.

8/13

22

Neg.

-

-

Stafford

Cedar Swamp

8/11

26

Neg.

-

-

Stamford

Cove Island Park

8/11

8/12

8/19

68

48

27

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stamford

Sleepy Hollow Park

8/11

8/12

8/18

68

70

134

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stamford

Intervale Road

8/11

8/12

8/18

8/19

34

36

161

39

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

Pos.

-

-

WNV (3)

WNV (1)

-

-

Cx. pipiens (3)

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stonington

Barn Island

8/6

8/12

8/18

4

90

106

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

-

-

Stonington

Coogan Boulevard

8/12

8/18

40

206

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Stonington

Stonington High School

8/6

8/18

5

206

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. pipiens (1)

Stratford

Beacon Point

8/12

8/18

76

221

Neg.

Pos.

-

WNV (1)

-

Cx. salinarius (1)

Stratford

Beaver Dam Road

8/18

83

Neg.

-

-

Tolland

Bolton Lake

8/11

51

Neg.

-

-

Trumbull

Cranbury Drive

8/13

25

Neg.

-

-

Voluntown

Mt. Misery

8/11

90

Neg.

-

-

Wallingford

South Elm Street

8/14

16

Neg.

-

-

Waterbury

Hamilton Park

8/18

53

Neg.

-

-

Waterford

Wtfd/N.London Line

8/12

98

Neg.

-

-

West Hartford

Spicebush Swamp

8/12

66

Neg.

-

-

West Haven

Thill Street

7/30

8/13

8/14

1

66

15

Pos.

Neg.

Neg.

WNV (1)

-

-

Oc. stimulans (1)

-

-

Westbrook

Willard Avenue

8/13

85

Neg.

-

-

Weston

Pent Road (Devil’s Den)

8/13

42

Neg.

-

-

Westport

North Avenue

8/14

42

Neg.

-

-

Westport

Sherwood Island

8/14

116

Neg.

-

-

Wethersfield

Goff Road

8/12

8/13

316

443

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Willington

Pinney Hill Road

8/11

70

Neg.

-

-

Wilton

Saunders Drive

8/14

8/18

31

75

Neg.

Neg.

-

-

-

-

Wilton

Spectacle Road

8/13

85

Neg.

-

-

Windham

Bass Road

8/18

193

Neg.

-

-

Woodbridge

Burnt Swamp Road

8/11

40

Neg.

-

-

Weekly Total

14,216

WNV (22)
EEE (0)
JC (0)

Year to Date

133,310

WNV (126)
EEE (0)
JC (19)

**** test results not available