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Found a beetle hole

PAtoNHPAtoNH Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 430
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While transferring cigars from my various smaller humidors and coolerdor into my newly seasoned big-azz footlocker I found a single stick with a single, pin head sized, perfectly round beetle hole bored into it. I did a visual inspection of all the other sticks in that humi (about 20 cigars) and found no other evidence. Even so, I've sequestered all those sticks into the cold environment of my unheated/uninsulated mud room (it was 0ºF last night) in a tuppador. I'll keep an eye on the sticks and smoke them up as time permits this winter. I have to admit I was a little surprised as it is my first encounter in almost 20 years of cigar smoking. I had left the suspect humi upstairs this summer to use it as my "ready to go" box and temps were quite warm. I'm very glad I caught this early and thought I'd post this as a warning to others to be on guard.
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  • Bob LukenBob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
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  • PAtoNHPAtoNH Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 430
    Bob, no dust came out of the cigar when I tapped it just now but the hole is just like the ones I've seen posted on the net. It's not an expensive cigar (LPH Oro) so I could cut it open but I thought I'd just smoke it and pay attention to the burn as I get to the area of infestation, lol! Sounds delicious, eh? (I actually love these cigars after resting them for a few months and this is the tail end of a bundle of 20 picked up last year). Since I've recently moved everything into a new humi I'll be able to monitor for dust and other clues… would love this to be a false alarm!
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  • Bob LukenBob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
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  • PAtoNHPAtoNH Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 430
    Bob, the hole in my "suspect" cigar angled in at ~60º, looked like somebody went into it with a dremel tool. I used the past tense "looked" because today I smoked the sucker… it was tasty, with hints of leather and larvae, lol! I think my best course of action is to keep the cigars separate and monitor all my cigars like a hawk. Since the temps outside rose to a balmy 30ºF, I was able to get a couple of them knocked out.
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  • bwcarter54bwcarter54 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 142
    "Leather and larvae." Now thats funny! Never heard of that flavor.
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  • Bob LukenBob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
    I've heard folks say that first they pop and then they sizzle. LOL
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