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	3	12	n
BUTTERFLY	1	10	ne
DRAGONFLY	12	10	nw
EARWIG	12	2	w
GRASSHOPPER	12	9	n
HORSEFLY	10	9	nw
INCHWORM	2	12	n
LADYBUG	1	13	n
MEALWORM	2	6	se
STICKBUG	12	8	nw
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw