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	5	1	e
BUTTERFLY	7	3	se
DRAGONFLY	1	2	s
EARWIG	12	1	sw
GRASSHOPPER	9	10	nw
HORSEFLY	4	6	se
INCHWORM	1	6	se
LADYBUG	12	8	n
MEALWORM	9	12	w
STICKBUG	5	3	se
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw