1.   Hanson anticipates ground spraying to kill adult mosquitoes by midweek.

2.   And since all male adult mosquitoes and newly emerging females rely on plant nectar for sustenance, mosquitoes are important pollinators, particularly for certain orchids.

3.   Adult mosquitoes are eaten by bats, swallows and other birds, so they are important in the food chain.

4.   After two days, the pupal skin splits and a damp adult mosquito emerges.

5.   But health experts say such efforts are largely ineffective, since fumigation kills only adult mosquitoes outdoors and spares both their larvae and those adults that are indoors.

6.   Jerome Hauer, the director of the emergency management office, said Sunday that most of the adult mosquito population in northeastern Queens had been killed.

7.   Larvae emerged, developed into pupae and hatched as adult mosquitoes.

8.   Mosquito control projects across the state often spray Resmethrin from trucks to kill adult mosquitoes.

9.   Two or three days later, they will become full adult mosquitoes.

10.   Whitman said Wednesday that New Jersey would re-evaluate its West Nile control plan, which has included spraying insecticide to kill adult mosquitoes in every county.