Bugs

[JCHouston]

Just opened a Zino. The one in the silver wrapper. My first encounter with bugs.

Anyone ever see anything like this?

JC

[mauied1101]

you have tobacco beetles. that's very bad. or not good. or both.

means the temperature where the sticks are is too high.

your options - freeze the cigar, then thaw in the fridge... or chuck it. either way, it needs to be apart from the rest of your sticks. and if this was with a bunch of sticks, i'd put them all in the freezer.

[CgarDan]

How big or small ar ethe cigar beatles ? If that is the stick you just opened where are the critters

[JCHouston]

Dan - looked close but didn't see the critters. The 1st thing I noticed when I opened the wrapper was that the stick was covered with what felt like heavy dust or grit. Thats when I looked closer and saw the damage. I will return it to my local shop tomorrow for a refund and also warn them about this particular brand and problem.

JC

[Shagaroo]

That hole in it is a pretty good indication that little bugger has left the building and is investing heavily in other real estate within your humidor. Everything in that humidor needs to hit the freezer or be tossed.

Beetle Information

[Desert Rat]

Very bad stuff. You might have lucked out with the foil. The foil around the Zino's is pretty tough stuff. If you opened the cigar outside the humi and didn't get the cigar around any others, you might be ok.

[Kenyth]

I've been curious about CO2 as an effective preservative/fumigant for cigars (or anything else) for quite some time. Here's an interesting link. If you know someone with a home beer keg/tap system, you can get CO2 from them. Otherwise, dry ice is your easiest source. You have the added bonus of lowering the cooler temperature as well!


Cabon Dioxide

[Stryprod]

Bummer, sorry 'bout that!

[ggiese]

Take it back and get your money... Don't EVEN think about putting that in your humi... And I'd be very cautious about what you buy from that shop - inspect it VERY closely before you plunk the cash down.