Repel also makes a regular repellent for skin application but the active compound is entirely different for their clothing-only product: permethrin for clothes vs. DEET for skin. DO NOT spray any permethrin product on your skin or wear treated clothing until it is dry.

Was out geocaching with my 2 kids and the dogs - and long story short when we were back at the car we were COVERED in ticks - clearly we walked into a nest like you posted here.

I sprayed us down with some bug repellent (yes after the fact - I didn't realize we'd be that far off the trail and had never even heard of tick nests like this - just the one or two we'd pulled off in the past.) I hoped that might kill or get them off before we got in the car.

We tried to brush as many as we could off and then we basically all stripped down to our underwear, put our clothes in a trash bag, and drove home (I had a blanket covering me up so no other drivers were distracted). We all got in the shower - dog and all - and literally scrubbed down. While I know they won't just wash away I hoped the scrubbing would help.

Then we all got out and did body searches. Pulled about 10 off my 10 year old. Found two on me, none on the 2 year old and about 6 on the dog.

I just put the clothes in the washer on a warm cycle.

I'm SURE there are more - either that fell off in the car or that are still on us or that fell off us when we were getting in the shower...

So now what?

I've never experienced ticks like this before - we've only had the larger sized ones and only 1-3 on a person at a time... EWWWWWW

run packing tape over your car seats and floors, and put all clothes in the dryer on the highest setting. I really don't know the best thing to do. If you don't already, you might get your dog some tick preventative medication from the vet? Sorry to hear this happened to you, I know it's not pleasant.

I do have her on the frontline stuff - or advantage... I forgot which one but it's the one that's suppose to help with ticks.. BUT since I just gave her a bath with us I need to put a fresh dose in.

I also read up and found that permethrin is something we should be putting on our clothes to kill ticks so I'm going to buy some tomorrow (After the car is cleaned) and spray our walking/exercise clothes.

Sigh. SO gross - I'm just grossed out because they were so small that I'm sure there must be more on us eating away. EWWWW

if your dog is already on frontline/advantage then just continue to follow the regular dosing. A bath will not change the effectiveness of the medication. I've never heard of permethrin.

I wear a permethrin-treated pants when working in the field - no tick problems since I started using them

We were backpacking this weekend and were covered in the same type of seed tick. Now, everywhere they attached, has caused my family to break out in tiny little bumps that itch horribly. Did this happen to any of you and how long will we have to live in this misery?

Rub with the strongest solution of alcohol and that should in theory kill them. (If they are on a part that can be soaked, like the hands, try soaking them in alcohol.) My experience was that seed ticks are ornery and hard to kill. You can try hand picking too but that is surprisingly difficult as well.

They do drop off of their own accord after a couple of days, in my experience.

after I spent the 40 minutes picking and flicking them off. (I didn't want to get in the car with any still on me). They are so hard to see that I'm sure there were still some there...that's why I threw my clothes out as soon as I got home. They were down in the pockets and everything. Nasty!

Yikes! I, literally, just got myself into a nest of those little buggers. I was just in my yard and I brushed against a wild rose bush. I looked down at my arm and saw at least a dozen of these tiny bugs crawling up me. I looked at my shirt and saw a few dozen more! Thankfully I'm at home... I just ran inside, threw all of my clothes in a bundle on the laundry room floor, and hopped in the shower. I just just found this website, so at least I know what I got into. *shudder* I still feel all buggy!!

I'm glad you found what they are. I guess I probably overreacted a bit by throwing my clothes out, but I usually bug hunt in old junk clothes anyway, and I just couldn't get over having them in my pockets. I've heard they die when you dry(high heat) your clothing, I'm not sure if the washer would get them or not.