haha lol

I read it on the Internet.
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<----- This noob was just taken to school......:-)
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Don't believe everything you read, and certainly don't regurgitate it.
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Sage advice.
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Just to add, I have seen pics of tubo's in which the beetles ate through. So the zip-locs ain't going to stop them.
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:-)
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Would love to see those pics.
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I'll try to find them. But in the meantime, here is an article which claims they can chew through aluminum foil.

http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/pest/hpm8004.pdf
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Didn't see this earlier. No problem at all. I guess it looks like a backwoods? Haha
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Whaa? I found this through Ebsco while searching for tobacco beetle.

I never knew there was a tobacco beetle found with Rameses II. Cool.
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Me too.
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Cigars are in the fridge awaiting freezer time. :-) :-) :-)

Thanks fellas for all the fast responses. I decided that it would be best to freeze than to run the risk. :Tu
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im not saying its true becuase this is the interwebs but i did find multipule sources stating the bettles can eat threw, what amounts to, thin soft metals.

http://www.tabacordillera.com/tobacc...pests-mold.htm

http://www.gosmokeshop.com/1298/primer.htm

http://www.cigarsmag.com/articlesIns...p?type=1&ar=24

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/archiv...hp/t-8786.html
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:-) :-) dont crucify me i found it on the interwebs, if could just be a myth. :-)
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There's a huge difference in thickness between the metal-foil discussed in those articles and the walls of a tubo Devan.
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How much thicker are the walls of a tubo though? The RyJ ones I have seem pretty thin but definitely thicker than tin foil.
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Who cares how thin the metal is. They're eating through metal. Period. Go chew some tin foil and report back on how easy it is. :-) I remember being a little dumb @## when I was little and doing that. Took me about 1/8th of a bite to learn
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I think you can bite through tin foil relatively easy. :-)

I am only kidding. I see your point. It is better to be safe than sorry. I am going to freeze them so that I am 100% positive that the beetles are at least kicked into hibernation mode. The only problem is that I live in Texas and with this heat, 104-106 today I believe with some days up to 110, I have a hard time keeping the house cool much less my cooler of cigars in the closet. I just read the hygros in the humi and they say 74 and 72 so not too bad but I hear the beetles start to be a problem close to 79-80 right?
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I think I read on a website somewhere that they use static electricity to arc their way through metal. I'll try to find that link. Maybe Wikipedia.
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Tobacco beetles CANNOT eat through metal. The "foil" used in cigar storage(Tat RC184, RyJ Cazadores, etc.) is paper with a thin metallic coating. I am still waiting for pics of beetles chewing through an aluminum tubo. I have seen many beetle holes in cigars from tubos, not one chewed its way through. :-)
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I've never seen such pictures or claims of this before today.....Not saying it isn't true, but ....I'm pretty damn skeptical.

I'd love to see pictures, as mentioned by several members already.
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