Question about beetles

[jepe]

Just wondering,do the eggs\beetles come with the cigars I buy or they (the beetles) can come to the cigars from the outside ?

I had a few boxes before I got a wine-cooler that were stored in a cooler,the temp was very high,it was 8-10 months period.
I checked them and they dont have holes or anything,just wonder if the beetles can crawl into the cigars or the cigars are rolled with them?

 

[grateful1]

If they came from the outside...where did they come from?

(they are rolled with them)

 

[Mr Peat]

The eggs lay dormant till the right humidity and temperature takes place and wham, beetles are there. Tobacco leaves come with them.

 

[jepe]

Thanks,thats good to know.

 

[ejlovellette]

Does the ammount of beetle eggs inside a cigar effect the taste any? And if so, does it make them taste better or worse? Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm a total n00b to cigars (first post).

 

[jepe]

In order to know if there's any different in the taste of the cigar,you'll have to know you're smoking a cigar with beetles eggs in it.
If you would know it has beetles eggs I doubt that you'll want to smoke it.

I believe we all smoked a beetle egg at least once,but didn't know about it.:whistling:

 

[rdj735]

Does the ammount of beetle eggs inside a cigar effect the taste any? And if so, does it make them taste better or worse?

From what I've read, the eggs are only 1/50 in. long. And, the females lay roughly 100 eggs at a time. So, a whole batch of eggs would only cover 1/5 in.[sup]2[/sup]. I don't think that would impart much of a taste! I would be much more concerned about the flavor of all those bugs ground up in your bread and cereal.

 

[ejlovellette]

Does the ammount of beetle eggs inside a cigar effect the taste any? And if so, does it make them taste better or worse?

I would be much more concerned about the flavor of all those bugs ground up in your bread and cereal.

Thats the part they call fiber, right? :whistling:

 

[Smok'em]

How many beetle eggs does it take to make an omelet?

 

[JHolmes763]

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How many beetle eggs does it take to make an omelet?
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Just one, but it will be a very small omelet.