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.
Miner Pests. Birch leafminers are the larvae of tiny wasps called black sawflies. Adult wasps lay eggs in leaf litter on the ground that hatch into foliage-eating larvae. As they feed, they mine through birch leaves, creating pale tunnels. Eventually, tunnels turn brown and dead leaves often drop from trees.