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

“It’s going to depend on temperature, how long the water stays on the ground, things like that,” said Ludek Zurek, an assistant professor of entomology at Kansas State University.

“If it’s standing water, there is a chance there might be an increase in mosquitoes,” Zurek said. But as long as water is moving, even slowly, “that’s good enough to prevent mosquito development.”

Under ideal conditions, Zurek said, mosquitoes will develop in seven days. But this early in the year, he said, it would take 10 days for a noticeable increase in mosquitoes