IMPORTANT - Old Man & C

[BrandonJ]

Guys just as a heads up, I opened a master case of old man and the C today, there was a beetle inside and a few holes and saw dust from the little boxes, the box was from NHC from I guess about a month ago..

I saw him and smooshed him good.. Didn't look like a cigar beetle but a wood eating beetle.. He was about the size of a grain of rice.. I can tell if he was eating his way out or in one of the little boxes.. The master box and everything around is going into cryo.. Again I don't think it was a cigar beetle, but first time I've ever seen a critter eating boxes!
Just check em out..

Thanks guys,
B

More: Doing some browsing online I'm thinking maybe an ambrosia beetle.. I know tobacco beetles can't and won't eat cedar..
Maybe a wood working expert, or someone that has seen this before can chime in..


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[Cigar Cowboy]

Good to know. I am waiting on three of these to arrive.

 

[txaggie9307]

Guys just as a heads up, I opened a master case of old man and the C today, there was a beetle inside and a few holes and saw dust from the little boxes, the box was from NHC from I guess about a month ago..

I saw him and smooshed him good.. Didn't look like a cigar beetle but a wood eating beetle.. He was about the size of a grain of rice.. I can tell if he was eating his way out or in one of the little boxes.. The master box and everything around is going into cryo.. Again I don't think it was a cigar beetle, but first time I've ever seen a critter eating boxes!
Just check em out..

Thanks guys,
B

More: Doing some browsing online I'm thinking maybe an ambrosia beetle.. I know tobacco beetles can't and won't eat cedar..
Maybe a wood working expert, or someone that has seen this before can chime in..


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Pete just crapped himself with this post...

 

[BrandonJ]

I hope he didn't.. This shit happens.
Better than treating the wood with pesticides I imagine!


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[tx_tuff]

I have one in my humidor I never opened, maybe I should check it out!

 

[PatfromNCC]

Can you take a picture of the exit hole from where you think the beetle came out?

 

[Craig Mac]

Can you take a picture of the exit hole?

 

[ChazHollywood]

+1

-Charles

 

[PatfromNCC]

Shit Craig, knew I should have elaborated.

Certain kinds of beetles will leave behind a color on the exit hole when they come out of the wood. Most times it's about the only way to ID what it actually is.

 

[SuprHasan]

Shit Craig, knew I should have elaborated.

Certain kinds of beetles will leave behind a color on the exit hole when they come out of the wood. Most times it's about the only way to ID what it actually is.

Again

 

[theribdoctor]

this guy?

 

[PatfromNCC]

Hassan, I guess it's easy to pick at things like that. I took a state mandated license exam full of all sorts of comments like that. But honestly, IDing a species of beetle that lives inside of a product made of cellulose materials (wood in this case, as in the thing that comes from trees) is to see where it came from. It's not going to be a beetle that eats tobacco, but they may want to check their box production areas for problems.

 

[SuprHasan]

Just poking fun.
Your expertise is appreciated. Not the sort of thing I'd wish on anyone. I guess this would be the next worst thing for cigars. Imagine a lot of these eating their way through a humidor!

And for the love of everything sacred, Hasan is spelled with one s.

 

[ciggy]

Maybe it's one of thoes things like Tequila and the Worm? :scratchhe
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[c1ark]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be checking when I get home.

 

[carguy13]

yeah, thanks for the heads up.

 

[tatuaje]

Not even sure what it could be. Definitely not a cigar beetle. Curious if it was a termite?
Could have found it's way into the box at any time and any place.

 

[MReschke0626]

The Old Man has crabs?

j/k

 

[PatfromNCC]

Pete,
My guess is that its a wood boring beetle of some kind. The larva will actually live inside the pours of the wood until they hatch out. It happens, but I would tell the guys at the factory to check out the stock room where the boxes are assembled. Like I said before, it's not going to affect the outcome of the smoke,

Pat

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

Where the hell is danTHEBUGman ??? He should be chiming in... slacker :disappoin