1.   And mosquito populations are down because there is a lack of still water to nourish young.

2.   But she said that the Giuliani administration had made efforts to control the mosquito population with pellets that release a bacteria that kills the larvae in stagnant water.

3.   In the Northeast, outbreaks of Eastern equine encephalitis may have been caused by increases in warm, wet weather that boosted mosquito populations.

4.   It will be up to county health departments to control mosquito populations by eliminating breeding grounds, he said.

5.   Moreover, they demonstrated that the use of millipedes for fur anointment corresponds closely with the annual peak in mosquito populations.

6.   Nor would the rainy weather lead to an increase in the mosquito population, he said.

7.   Some gardeners sprinkle instant coffee crystals in standing water to curb mosquito populations.

8.   The city has not routinely been conducting an aggressive surveillance campaign to look for the encephalitis virus in mosquitoes or an annual spraying campaign to suppress mosquito populations.

9.   The drought of the past several summers has given way to heavy rains only in the last month, probably invigorating mosquito populations.

10.   The large amount of floodwater remaining will lead to an increase in the already rampant mosquito populations.