Beetle time line

Thewelder

You hear about others finding beetles in their humidors but from cigars that are usually pretty new to them. I have a humidor where my newest sticks are from January. While going through it I found a little friend in my humicare jar. He happened to still be alive, and I went through all of my sticks. After searching for his home I found it in one of my ISOMs that I bought slightly over a year ago. Which brings me to wonder how long beetles can lay dormant before hatching?

kuzi16

rzaman

65 RH is the safest way to protect the cigars but I am not sure if the theory is guaranteed.

kuzi16

scarlin

Say some of my sticks are exposed to 80+ degrees for a few hours. How long for a beetle to eat its way out of a average cigar? (Not trying to thread-jack)

kuzi16

rwheelwright

boydmcgowan

kuzi16

madurofan

madurofan

rwheelwright

wfip51

The two common problems you will run into are Mold, and Beetles. High humidity can cause a mold problem, High temperatures can hatch beetle eggs. Sounds like your temp control is fine. How high is "too high" in regards to your humidity? There is no possible way the beetles can hatch in temperatures under 70 degrees.

rwheelwright

wfip51:

The two common problems you will run into are Mold, and Beetles. High humidity can cause a mold problem, High temperatures can hatch beetle eggs. Sounds like your temp control is fine. How high is "too high" in regards to your humidity? There is no possible way the beetles can hatch in temperatures under 70 degrees.

If that is the case then I'm good. I just lowereed my temp to between 60 and 62 to be safe for now.

aeon_spiral@yahoo.com

my settings have been 67/67 since day one and ive still got some gars from when i first started over 2 years ago like my opus x's never once seen a beetle my smoking humi i keep at 63rh/67 temp. been great ive also froze cigars properly when bought from a new B&M or from a distributor i dont normally buy from just to be safe