Compound Insects

BUMBLEBEE
BUTTERFLY
DRAGONFLY
EARWIG
GRASSHOPPER
HORSEFLY
INCHWORM
LADYBUG
MEALWORM
STICKBUG
YELLOWJACKET

These insects have names that are compound words. Compound words can be broken into 2 separate words.

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Word	X	Y	Direction
BUMBLEBEE	1	2	s
BUTTERFLY	9	7	sw
DRAGONFLY	12	11	n
EARWIG	10	8	sw
GRASSHOPPER	11	10	nw
HORSEFLY	3	10	n
INCHWORM	12	7	nw
LADYBUG	4	10	n
MEALWORM	6	1	e
STICKBUG	2	1	s
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	ne