Never Thought it would happen to me! Beetles

[JollyRogers]

So,

With this crazy weather we've been having, the old house I live in has really struggled to maintain a good temperature. Lo and behold as I was going through my stock tonight to make room for some new cigars I caught a glimpse of a beetle eaten 601 Blue Maduro that I got in a 10 pack off CigarBid about 5 or so months ago. Panic immediately set in and I went through my entire stock to see how bad things were. It seems that the beetle(s) only got into the two 601 Blues. One is visibly tunneled through with one hole in its cello. This hole lines up with a second 601 Blue perfectly which has a single hole into it but doesn't appear to have tunneling that has broken its surface. I'm going to cut into each of them and see what all happened. Pictures to follow.

I went through every other cigar in that tupperdor and didn't notice any signs of beetles so I'm hoping things are ok. Just to be safe, I placed every cigar in some gallon ziplocks and into the chest freezer we have.

I'm wondering how quickly beetles can do this damage to a cigar. I literally had just gone through my humidor to put together the NOOB sampler I sent out and even more recently went through to send 34 cigars to the troops (which I'm now freezing prior to shipping).

One question, when placing cigars like this in the freezer should I include boveda packs in the bags or just leave them unhumidified? Also, how long should I leave them in there?

Finally, I assume afterwards they will all need to be re-acclimated?

Once again, thanks for the help, I am a bit panicked and slightly embarrassed as I've sent a few of these out in recent trades (already notified the recipients and they are taking appropriate precautions)

Pics to follow