What just crawled, waddled or flew by? WWU professor has your answer

Have you ever watched a bug scuttle, crawl or fly by and wondered “what was that!?”

Merrill Peterson’s new book, “Pacific Northwest Insects,” might help you identify it.

It took Peterson, a professor in the Biology Department at Western Washington University, more than a decade to research, write and photograph the insects for his book.

His travels took him all over the region and into sometimes hilarious, and at times dangerous, territory.