WTF: I found a tobacco beetle running across my floor

[Drazzil]

I found him running across my floor in my room. I keep cigars but in a cooler. I checked my cigars (all of them) and found no beetles or holes. What do I do?

[TJarv]

If you're sure it's a tobacco beetle I would freeze the cigars

[Drazzil]

Its gonna be a ***** to freeze them as my freezer is packed full of food.

[icehog3]

Are you positive it was a tobacco beetle?

[bvilchez]

Its gonna be a ***** to freeze them as my freezer is packed full of food.

Then you're going to have to set your priorities straight. :r

On a serious note, how sure are you it was a tobacco beetle? Is your home the perfect ambient temp/humidity % for them to be making their way around? How far away were they from your coolers? Just some questions I would be asking myself before you get worried.

As a common practice, and if you have the room allowed to do so, try and freeze everything upon it's arrival to you to help alleviate a situation where you would have to worry about things such as these.

[68TriShield]

Are you positive it was a tobacco beetle?

This.Seems like a strange place to see one if you found no bugs or dust in your cooler.

[Sadden]

How would it get out...

[T.G]

I found him running across my floor in my room. I keep cigars but in a cooler. I checked my cigars (all of them) and found no beetles or holes. What do I do?

Why walk when you can fly? Tobacco beetles have wings. Running on the floor typically isn't their shtick. Are you positive it was a tobacco beetle?

[bobarian]

Obviously you need to freeze your whole house. :banger

[markem]

If your boxes are closed and there is no internal indication, then they are probably fine. If you have the room, put all your singles in 5-finger bags on end so that the top is open and pointed upwards. Open helps keep the humidity exchange going. Check them every few days. Also, in 5-ers, you should be able to find room to do the freezer technique.

Make sure that you pulled everything from the cooler and cleaned the container.

[Drazzil]

Most of my cigars are in ziplock bags. I pulled my cigars and checked them all twice last night. Will do again this morning. I only found one of the buggers running across my floor last night. And yes I am sure its a tobacco beetle. I checked it against pictures.

[Fordman4ever]

buy a beetle trap.

[RobR1205]

How big was the beetle? If it was larger than 2-3mm, then chances are it wasn't a tobacco beetle.

[Blocky Patel]

Pics on the internet look a lot like June Bugs. Tobacco beetles are really small and fly. Also, as mentioned above, go ahead and freeze your whole house. I don't have any problem because I keep my sticks near my wife's side of the bed.

[Genetic Defect]

Need to set up video surveillance