Phenols also make the eggs smaller, which reduces the growth of the following year's caterpillars.
酚类物质还会使卵变小，这会减少第二年毛虫的生长。
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For these reasons, the benefits to the caterpillars of ingesting phenols appear to outweigh the costs.
出于这些原因，对毛毛虫来说，摄入苯酚的好处似乎比代价多。
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In studying these outbreaks, scientists have discovered that affected trees fight back by releasing toxic chemicals, mainly phenols, into their foliage.