TXfishnhntr
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 3:02:04 PM
As promised in the original post, here's a better close up picture of the area.014.JPG
muhren
Thursday, September 8, 2011 11:06:30 AM
Looks like TG may be right! Not the beetle holes I'm used to seeing, but it sounds like he's encounter this before.

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Jay9Jay9Jay9
Thursday, September 8, 2011 11:09:11 AM
Definitely beetles.
Thunder.Gerbil
Thursday, September 8, 2011 11:47:10 AM
No question about it, that was a beetle.
05busa
Thursday, September 8, 2011 11:53:22 AM
tasty
ecr
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  • Herf-A-Holic
Thursday, September 8, 2011 11:55:50 AM
I’ve seen this before, it sucks but its freezer time if the cigars are worth saving... 7 days in the ice box in a sealed plastic bag, 5 days in the frig, put them in a new open bag and put back in your humi and you should be OK. Make sure you clean out your humi also, a can of compressed air and a quick wipe down with some distilled water during the process cant hurt.

Good luck.
dubleuhb
Thursday, September 8, 2011 12:03:05 PM
Only in one cigar ?
Thunder.Gerbil
Thursday, September 8, 2011 12:06:47 PM
No need for 5 days in the refrigerator. You can go right from freezer to humidor with 30 minutes on the counter in between. What do you think happens at the factories and distributors who blast freeze the cigars? Do you think they keep them in a refrigerator for a week after freezing?

You're not thawing a steak, it's a cigar. It only has 12%-14% water content by weight, whereas a piece of meat, or just about anything else typically found in the freezer, is 65% or more water by weight.

Hell, you can even smoke them right out of the freezer.
JuyceMan
Thursday, September 8, 2011 1:00:44 PM
Turn on the light and they scatter like...


Looks as though you have an infestation problem. I'd complain to the seller... In the meantime, make sure you are protecting the remainder of your stash. TG provides the best solution above.
ecr
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  • Herf-A-Holic
Thursday, September 8, 2011 1:06:35 PM

No need for 5 days in the refrigerator. You can go right from freezer to humidor with 30 minutes on the counter in between. What do you think happens at the factories and distributors who blast freeze the cigars? Do you think they keep them in a refrigerator for a week after freezing?

You're not thawing a steak, it's a cigar. It only has 12%-14% water content by weight, whereas a piece of meat, or just about anything else typically found in the freezer, is 65% or more water by weight.

Hell, you can even smoke them right out of the freezer.

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:



Thanks for the clarification TG.
TXfishnhntr
Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:06:03 PM
Thanks again to everybody for all the inputs!
zitotczito
Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:40:50 PM
Strikes fear in my heart seeing that picture.
polyboy30
Thursday, September 8, 2011 6:41:43 PM
Artistic Beetles, kinda looks like a giraffe 🤦
dr.smac
Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:01:06 PM
This picture reenforces my decision a while back to freeze everything that i get.
muhren
Thursday, September 8, 2011 8:55:32 PM

This picture reenforces my decision a while back to freeze everything that i get.

dr.smac wrote:



+1

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pgje51
Friday, September 9, 2011 4:59:38 PM
Wow, kinda looks like termite damage on a piece of wood. Speaking of which, there never seems to be 'droppings' evidence. Don't beetles crap?
diverbelow72
Monday, September 12, 2011 9:07:11 AM
Yep, def beetle tracks...I had a similar experience a few years back and posted mine, but that was back in 06/07 time frame. Mine was in a straight line, so it initially looked like a crack, but on further review and by seeing an entrance an exit hole in the cello I knew the verdict. I did the 5 day freeze/5 day fridge with about 40 cigars or so and had no issues. I had posted a picture here back then, but I would spend a week finding it here with my high speed dial up.

Hope there is no significant loss invloved.

Diver
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