flesh out-add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation. elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, enlarge, expand.
Cecropia caterpillars grow into one of the largest moths in the state of New York. The larvae consume a variety of shrubs and trees, including ash, beech, birch, cherry, dogwood and maple. When fully grown, cecropia caterpillars get as long as 1.5 inches.
Mayfly Larvae (Ephemeroptera) Mayflies are a type of insect that spends its juvenile life in the water and its adult life in the air and on land. Adult mayflies lay their eggs in the water. When mayfly larvae hatch from these eggs they look essentially like adults with no wings. Each time they shed their skin they look a bit more like an adult mayfly. This type of life history is called incomplete metamorphosis.