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。
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。
In studying these outbreaks, scientists have discovered that affected trees fight back by releasing toxic chemicals, mainly phenols, into their foliage.