What in the world type of Caterpillar is this? At first glance I thought it was a Tree Frog.

Looks like a good "bass bug" to me ...

Looks squirrelly to me.

It's a caterpiller. Do a search on catapillers with eyes.

Some type of swallowtail. We talked about it in one of my classes yesterday.

Looks like a doggone field mouse head on an inchworm body!

Look here: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/caterpillars-and-pupa/butterflies/swallowtail-caterpillars/

What's That Bug is a good site to identify bugs. If you send them a pic they will idenfify odd bugs.

did a little research, itsa Spicebush Caterpillar 5th instar Swallowtail like Chris said
http://bugguide.net/node/view/59036/bgpage

OK, the big question.
Are those eyes, or only markings to look like eyes to scare off humans other predators
(it looks like a character from an animated cartoon)

awesome sites guys. Now I will be wasting the rest of my evening.

B'ski, I think the 'eyes' are on the rear end and are supposed to resemble small snakes, lizards and such. I love the Orange Dog, some photos look just like bird droppings.

Markings, many species of caterpillar have markings similar to that... Pretty cool!

It does look like a mouse! How cool!

I'll take a dozen. Money is no object. throw in some $ gills.

burger, I've lost alot of hours just looking at all the bugs on those sites. Fascinating!