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	12	11	nw
BUTTERFLY	12	9	n
DRAGONFLY	12	6	sw
EARWIG	7	6	n
GRASSHOPPER	3	2	se
HORSEFLY	9	12	nw
INCHWORM	8	10	nw
LADYBUG	8	7	n
MEALWORM	1	10	n
STICKBUG	10	1	s
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw