high humidor temp

[Cigar Jack]

75 and above is when you have to start worrying about the dreaded evil tobacco beetles.

[QuietC]

how would they get inside to begin with?

[Roham]

I suppose their eggs are in the tobacco and when you have that high of a temp you run the risk of hatching them

[Cigar Jack]

Yep they are already in the tobacco.

[Roham]

I like the taste of tobacco beetle eggs! YUMM

[SFG75]

how would they get inside to begin with?

Right from the fields. Just think about it, with every puff-you are sucking beetle guts.

[QuietC]

alright, for about a week, the humi has been like 77 or so, for part of the day, and today at one point it was 88 in the damn thing until i brought it near the air conditioner, so if there was any beetles in the cigars i would imagine that they have hatched already, would it take long before i'd be able to notice them? and if there arent any in the cigars, would any be able to get into the cigars, or does that only happens from the beginning of the cigar making process? So in other words, if i have no beetles in them, theres no chance of them getting into the cigars unless from a new cigar that i get that has the eggs in them already, correct?

[hikari]

I belive i read somewear there almost micro scopic and they will just eat your cigars inside out. and if you smoke them there will be little pops

but this is just what i read i have not confirened it..

[MMAB]

Don't panic!

True, cigar beetle eggs can be in any tobacco leaf. But just because your humidor's temp is high doesn't mean that you are going to get tobacco beetles.

First of all, the 75 degree temp is a myth. Tobacco beetle eggs can hatch at 65 degrees. It's a proven fact.

Knock on wood, in summers past my room got quite warm. Well into the supposed egg hatching range and I never once saw a beetle. Again I'm knocking on wood!

The tobacco industry takes lots of precautions against tobacco beetles. Many large distributors such as JR even freeze their inventory as it arrives, or so I was told by Lew Rothman once on an internet chat at JR's. Or was is Steve Saka? No matter. Don't go and freeze your cigars.

Again, I'm not saying that it's impossible. Just uncommon in todays market.

If I remember right, the highest risk comes from some Cuban sources and some of the small, kitchy boutique rollers that put out small batches with little quality control.

If you are still concerned, check your smokes regularly. Look for tiny holes in the wrapper the size of a pinhead, reddish dust in the box and of course the actual beetles.

You mentioned that you have an air conditioner in the room. Do you run it all day if it is hot? You should for the sake of maintaining rh as well as a stable temp. When the temp rises so does the humidity in the humidor.