I just took the cigar out of the cello for storage/aging, and upon inspection noticed this:

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that shadow is a big round hole. Looks like beetles to me. What do you guys say? Checking the rest of the shipment I just opened for more.
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Sure looks it to me... :-)
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Certainly appears to be one.
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i hate to tell you I agree, but I would be freezing all sticks that came in contact with that one right now
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What cigar is it? Just in case I have any.. lol
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ewwwwie
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Dammit, well the whole shipments getting frozen before I put it in the humis.
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Ahhh

Smoke it and kill it
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Beetles= Satan!
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Make that SOP on all before they hit the humis and the problem should be greatly diminished. :-)
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:-)
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I vote yes.
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It looks like a hole in the wrapper. When I've seen beetles eat through a stick they eat through the wrapper, binder, filler, etc. :-)
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Do the tap test over a white piece of paper and see if any beetle dung falls out.
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You don't need to do a tap test in my opionion it is beetle for sure, I would be willing to bet that little white sluggy looking thing is the critter (in larval stage) himself.

FREEZE Look here for some mediocre directions http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7919 on freezing
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Have any shots pulled back some? I am guessing it may be beetles too. If it's a shipment that just came in I would send the entire package back. Yes, you can freeze them but in a household freezer you are not guaranteed to eliminate the problem. Why introduce the problem to your humi if you do not need to, I would send it back and let the vendor know it's because of beetles and be sure to tell them that the hole is not plume.:-)
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It could be a beetle hole... but I have never seen one so chewed up before. All of the beetle holes I have seen have been very clean, round holes. :-)
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Me too.
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Further down, where the shadow is, there are actually two clean round holes that go in further.
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sorry it looks like one
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