GLASTONBURY, CT — So far, it's been a quiet mosquito season along the Connecticut River in Glastonbury specifically and in north Central and eastern Connecticut in general.
And that's a healthy thing.
Each season, mosquitoes are collected at various sites around the state, identified, and tested at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. State officials then compiler a chart with the locations of the sites, the number of mosquitoes tested, and what virus isolations are detected. As of July 7, the total number of mosquitoes tested numbered 40,845.
In Connecticut, the state Mosquito Management Program (which includes CT DEEP) operates its trapping and testing season from June through October. Mosquitoes are typically most active statewide during the warmest and most humid months of July, August and September.
The State Mosquito Monitoring Program—a collaborative effort between CT DEEP, the Department of Public Health, and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station—actively monitors and tests for mosquito-borne illnesses.
Here are the results from mosquito collection and tasting from towns in north central and eastern Connecticut through July 7:
North Central
Eastern
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