Health authorities hope Kansas' wet weather this spring doesn't translate into a surge in mosquito numbers.

The keys, one expert says, will be how high temperatures rise and how long standing water stays on the ground. Ludek Zurek is an assistant professor of entomology at Kansas State University. He says that while standing water provides a breeding ground for mosquitoes, water that's moving...even slowly...will keep them from developing.

In Wichita, the Sedgwick County Health Department has been putting out larvicide briquettes since mid-Marc. The department has sent a box of the briquettes to tornado-ravaged Greensburg, as well. The briquettes are put into ponds and standing water on public property, to keep mosquito larvae from developing.