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:-) 100% correct.

I'd send them back.

What kind of cigar was it? What vendor?
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I agree with Joe on this one,,,could be that your Beetles are a bit messy or are in bad need of some dental work.:-)
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i second this!
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I've seen a lot of beetles at work before, and you sir have a beetle larva munching away on your cigar. That's what the little off-white colored thing is at the end of the hole in the picture.


The channel where he chewed clearly shows small round particulate matter, which is consistent with larva excretions.


Freeze the lot, or better yet get them replaced.
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Sorry to see this.....Good Luck!
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no.
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Yup. You got the cooties.:-)
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That is what is referred to as a track. It is caused by beetles moving from side to side after partially burrowing out of the cigar. Also it appears in your picture to show two semi-matured larva. One is to the far right of that track, that whiteish looking line, the other being right in the middle of the track whaere it bends, it appears to be deeper inside the cigar and is also a pale white color. If the beetles have hatched and matured enough to this stage in these cigars, it more than likely means the cigars were exposed to poor conditions a while ago. I would bet that freezing is useless now as the beetles have all ready hatched in other cigars and have started munching the insides of other cigars. If you can return them i would do that, otherwise i'd likely smoke one and see how it is. You may be interested in taking another cigar that doesnt show damage yet and cut it open to find out beetle stages in there.
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I, too, would like to know where you got these and what marca it is.
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I agree, it actually looks like a small perferation.
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Holy crap, that's one heck on an explanation.
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I'd bet my stash on it.
Mikepd's explanation is perfect. If you're outdoorsy at all, grew up in the woods, raised animals, kept bees, or lived on a farm, you get real used to what boring larvae tracks look like.
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Yep, you got a beetle problem
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I'm voting yes
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LOL, man I love the sound of a beetle getting fried, that snap you get is just music to my ears knowing one of those little bastages will no longer do any damage.
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If you just got them, send them back. :-)
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Damn. That gives me the Heebie Jeebies.
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100% agree. Great, now I've got to go inspect my entire stash or else not sleep.
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Image

notice the tunnels on all the sticks
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