Battle Beetles

[modo22]

I have searched and can't find a decent thread in the last few years on best steps when you find beetles or a beetle in your collection. Is there a good thread or someone have decent advice on the process of freezing / killing off any pests in my cigars?

Back story, I pulled out my last a rojas taco to smoke Sunday, but didn't end up smoking it and it stayed in my golf bag / car until Monday morning when I had the time to smoke it. It was then that I found some holes in the stick that resembled pictures of tobacco beetles. Since it was all I had, I smoked it and it was fine. Didn't get home till late last night, but was able to grab the empty box of street tacos, which I luckily had taken out of my cooler, and inside the box was a little dead looking bug. Can't get great pictures right now, but will soon. I had just bought these street tacos from Cigarpage back in April (yes I smoked through them way to fast). I had not had any issues with any of the other tacos or cigars from that cooler and the cooler is not full, but still has several boxes.

Never had this happen, but I know its been discussed here before. Any help finding a good thread or if you have new suggestions on the process of freezing would be appreciated.

 

[2K6TBSS]

That sucks, hopefully it was just a random mishap in that single box. When you get back, I would inspect the other boxes and cigars to see if there were any others that are around. I'm sure that's on the top of your list of things to do though...

IIRC, any residential freezer will not get cold enough fast enough the kill any of the beetles or eggs that might be in a cigar. They need to be in a commercial blast freezer type of environment that will get into the negative temps (for some reason I'm thinking it was like -40).