Tobacco Beetle or Glue Mite?

[QuaiDorkay]

That's my cigar & mite. They were definitely moving quick. Problem was they were in 3 of six coolers and my aristocrat. I froze about 60 boxes that I could visibly see them in and put the rest outside in the garage as it froze the last two nights. Seems to have done the trick.

[Fosgate]

You should find the nearest woman over 30 to wash your mouth out with soap. YUK!

[Fugu]

The description rules out beetle larvae, which won’t move quickly.

However, most likely we are dealing with book (or dust) lice here (Psocoptera) and their larval stages. You can quickly find out using a magnifying glass (>10x) and check the number of legs. Mites = 8 legs (belonging to the arachnid class), book lice = 6 legs (insect).

They can be found in almost every household worldwide. So quite possible that they re-invade the stash depending on how it is being stored. These little buggers need not at all be "Cuban"!

Usually no harm done to cigars, as long as no strong infestion, as they are feeding mainly on starch and other polysaccharides, as well as organic debris and fungal matter. In cigars, they would usually concentrate more on the boxes (paper and glue) than on the tobbacco itself, but could do as well.

Example, larval stages being paler in colour:

[Fugu]

Just figured - perhaps pure semantics. Colloquially, 'mites' - 'lice', guess we may be talking about the same thing....