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	2	13	n
BUTTERFLY	4	13	e
DRAGONFLY	2	1	se
EARWIG	12	12	w
GRASSHOPPER	10	9	nw
HORSEFLY	11	2	s
INCHWORM	13	4	s
LADYBUG	10	10	n
MEALWORM	2	11	e
STICKBUG	9	8	n
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw