NSW Arbovirus Surveillance & Vector Monitoring Program
Georges River 2007-2008
Mosquito/Virus Results

Nearby Locations

Ryde Parramatta Penrith

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News & Comments

Note that for mosquito numbers 0 - 50 mosquitoes = "Low", 51 - 100 = "Medium",
101 - 1,000 = "High", 1,001 - 10,000 = "Very High", >10,000 = "Extreme".

17/Apr/2008: All sites collected 'low' mosquito numbers.

3/Apr/2008: All sites collected 'low' mosquito numbers.

27/Mar/2008: All usual trapping locations produced 'low' mosquito numbers. An extra trap at Alfords Point east yielded 'medium' numbers, including 18 Aedes procax.

25/Mar/2008: There was one Barmah Forest virus isolate from Aedes procax trapped at Lugarno on 19/Mar/08.

19/Mar/2008: Lugarno trapped 'medium' numbers (89), with 42 Aedes notoscriptus. Alfords Point also had a 'medium' catch (56) and included 18 Culex annulirostris. Illawong trapped 'low' numbers.

12/Mar/2008: Illawong trapped 'low' mosquito numbers. Alfords Point had a 'high' catch of 117 mosquitoes and included 55 Culex annulirostris.

5/Mar/2008: All sites trapped 'high' numbers. Illawong trapped 173 mosquitoes, with 55 Aedes procax. Lugarno collected 175, with 99 Aedes notoscriptus. Alfords Point trapped 229 mosquitoes and included 86 Culex annulirostris.

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