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	1	s
BUTTERFLY	2	13	e
DRAGONFLY	3	2	e
EARWIG	3	11	n
GRASSHOPPER	4	3	se
HORSEFLY	11	5	sw
INCHWORM	7	2	se
LADYBUG	2	3	se
MEALWORM	13	10	nw
STICKBUG	13	5	sw
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	sw