I saw little Black specks inside the cello of a cigar I just received. On closer inspection under a digital microscope, it looks a lot like beetle debris. Good thing I didn't just toss these cigars into the Mini with everything else :-)

Can someone confirm that this stuff is indeed...beetle crap?
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Cool! You have a digital microscope. Sure looks like excrement, doesn't it?
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:-)
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When you put it on white paper and it looks like finely ground black pepper, yup beetle crap.:-)
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Here's a shot of the foot...

The wrapper is still intact, no holes...I'm gonna smoke it!:-)
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Sure, smoke it. All the turds were outside the cigar.
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YEAH!! Listen for the pop...LOL!!!
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Taste for the poop!
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Oh, I thought I was in trouble... :-)
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I'm looking at photos of beetle turds on mi iPhone?

That is sooooooooooo cool!!
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:-) :-)
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Well, I smoked it and it was a great cigar, but a little noisy :-)
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:-):-) Tasted a hint of pepper and finished with a slight taste of fecal matter :-)
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I just threw up in my mouth............twice.:-)
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I would say Cigar smoker 1
Beetles 0.
One must persevere over obstacles.
:-)
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Wasn't there a movie called Beetle Dung a few years back?:-)
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puff, puff, poop!
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Mmmm, roll it up and smoke it and see if it tastes like the cigar tobacco the beetles ate. :-)
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While I've never bothered to look at tobacco beetle larve crap under a microscope, OS's description of what it looks like to the naked eye is pretty much right on from my experience.
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