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.
Flea beetles are black insects, 1/18 inch long, which jump quickly and leave tiny round holes in turnip leaves. Cabbage loopers are light green caterpillars, about 1 1/2 inches long, with yellowish stripes down their backs. They leave jagged holes in leaves and are particularly destructive to seedlings.