peterk814 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 If you google tobacco beetle or cigar beetles youw ill find images of the larve and adult bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennykong Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 It's getting me scared! I came across a very small hole in one of my Ashton VSG's and got concerned. It'll be good to get a fix on symptoms cause i'm buying so many sticks, i think i'm gonna take the "holding tank" route too so I can isolate them in a quarantine before I introduce the sticks into my aging chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMunt Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 To be safe I would freeze for about 5 days. 2-3 days is not long enough. I just had a cigar I bought in Cabo San Lucas in Sept. 2013 that I froze for 3 days and the beetles hatched last week. In 2012 bought a few cigars at the LCDH in Cozumel and had a beetle hatch on a RA Superiores a couple days later. I don't believe that Cuba freezes every box. Was lucky that both cigars where inside plastic bags. That's interesting and true! You learn something new every day.. L. serricorne cannot tolerate the cold; adults die within 6 days at 4 °C, and eggs survive 5 days at 0–5 °C. - Wikipedia Thanks for the heads up Cubano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 That's interesting and true! You learn something new every day.. L. serricorne cannot tolerate the cold; adults die within 6 days at 4 °C, and eggs survive 5 days at 0–5 °C. - Wikipedia Thanks for the heads up Cubano. Yes, but once you hit -8 C or so (most deep freezers are below this temp), there's a 100% kill rate for eggs, larvae, and adults, all within 24 hrs or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOTL Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 There is no need in Europe to freeze our cuban cigars. In the headquarter of 5THAvenue (general importer) all products are frozen for seven days at minus 20 °C. This procedure reliably kills all the possible presence of tobacco beetles and their larvae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixa Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 There is no need in Europe to freeze our cuban cigars. In the headquarter of 5THAvenue (general importer) all products are frozen for seven days at minus 20 °C. This procedure reliably kills all the possible presence of tobacco beetles and their larvae. 5th avenue are only the importer for Germany I thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOTL Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Not only. They are also the importer for Austria, where I live. But those are the rules of Habanos S. A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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