| The term Tobacco Beetle garners several
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| | are not entirely safe; these beetles have
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| images in the heads of those who hear it.
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| | been known to dig right on through.
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| Some people may have an image of a beetle
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| | After this childhood, the initial part of
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| relaxing in a recliner, smoking a pipe
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| | their life, Tobacco Beetles become
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| and reading the Termite Times, others may
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| | harmless for a short time. They lay
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| picture tiny bugs festering on the leaves
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| | without moving in a cocoon for one or two
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| of tobacco plants, sniffing in the aroma
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| | weeks. When they emerge, having gone to
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| of luxury. But, for the cigar lover, the
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| | bed a child and waking up an adult, they
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| term Tobacco Beetle produces a chilling
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| | once again become a nemesis to cigars:
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| image that is unmistakable: a bug, a
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| | the adult beetles tunnel their way to the
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| humidor, and a big problem.
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| | outside world, using cigars as a subway
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| Tobacco Beetles, scientifically named
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| | system. They don't do much eating, but
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| Lasioderma Serricorne, are reddish-brown,
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| | their burrowing can leave a hole with a
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| hairy insects. Known as a stored-product
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| | diameter of 1/16th in its wake.
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| pest, these beetles can ruin stockpiles
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| | The presence of Tobacco Beetles in your
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| of goods, including cigars and, naturally
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| | humidor may or may not be evident. Seeing
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| less importantly, cigarettes. For this
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| | insects crawling around or seeing one
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| reason, Tobacco Beetles are sometimes
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| | adhere a tiny "No Vacancy" sign to the
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| referred to as Cigar Beetles or Cigarette
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| | outside of the humidor are obvious signs,
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| Beetles.
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| | but there are also a few discreet signals
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| These creatures are tiny, ranging from
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| | to look for. A reddish powder inside your
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| two to three millimeters in length; they
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| | humidor may be a symptom of their
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| are certainly tiny enough to meet an
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| | presence as may the performance of the
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| untimely death courtesy of the sole of a
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| | cigar. A cigar that has been visited by
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| shoe. But, size aside, these bugs can
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| | Tobacco Beetles may have a sticky draw, a
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| wreck havoc on your cigar collection.
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| | dusty taste and an uneven burn.
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| Teaming up in gangs of tens, and
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| | If one of these above mentioned signs is
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| sometimes hundreds, Tobacco Beetles work
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| | present, chances are your cigars are
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| together in battle to put their own
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| | infected. While your instincts may tell
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| unique ban on smoking.
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| | you to find a can of bug spray, using
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| The good news about Tobacco Beetles is
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| | this in your humidor will kill the
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| that they are not able to ruin fresh
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| | Tobacco Beetles, but it will also kill
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| tobacco; to these beetles, tobacco
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| | your cigars. Instead, immediately throw
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| fields, not strawberry fields, are the
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| | out any cigars with obvious damage:
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| ones that are forever. Tobacco Beetles
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| | cigars that have holes, cigars with bugs
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| are, however, able to attack the finished
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| | crawling on them, cigars that two or more
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| product: the actual cigar itself.
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| | beetles appear to be fighting over. Next,
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| Foregoing attacks on drug store and
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| | take all of the other cigars, those that
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| convenience store cigars, Tobacco
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| | appear undamaged, out of the humidor.
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| Beetles, like bugs with good tastes,
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| | Divide the cigars into groups of three or
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| place all of their efforts into ruining
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| | four and place them in plastic Ziploc
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| only the finest stocks.
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| | freezer bags. Then put this bag in the
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| For some reason - perhaps because of
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| | freezer, setting the freezer at its
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| their tiny size or because they never
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| | coldest setting. After 36 hours, increase
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| leave home without very small crow bars -
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| | the temperature in the freezer one
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| Tobacco Beetles are particularly talented
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| | setting and keep the cigars in there for
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| at breaking into humidors. Once inside,
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| | another 48 hours. Once your cigars have
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| the females lay eggs, sometimes hundreds,
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| | been in the freezer for this amount of
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| inside the folds or in the open ends of
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| | time, take them out and place them in
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| cigars.
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| | your refrigerator for 24 hours; then
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| Unlike humans, Tobacco Beetles do not
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| | move them out of the refrigerator. This
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| wait until their teenage years to become
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| | slow warm up will help to keep the cigars
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| a menace: right after they are hatched,
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| | from cracking.
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| they start to rebel, getting tattoos on
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| | As for your humidor, the scene of battle,
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| their shells, getting their antenna's
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| | clean and dust it out thoroughly and then
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| pierced, and engaging in tobacco use. It
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| | wipe it with an ammonia and water
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| is during this time that the insects
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| | solution. Ammonia will kill any Tobacco
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| search ferociously for food, burrowing
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| | Beetles that are hiding in the cracks and
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| through cigars, and festering inside
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| | crevices, but it won't leave an odor that
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| them. Even cigars wrapped in cellophane
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| | will impact your cigars.
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