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	11	9	nw
BUTTERFLY	11	7	n
DRAGONFLY	2	13	e
EARWIG	4	2	e
GRASSHOPPER	10	5	sw
HORSEFLY	2	6	se
INCHWORM	2	4	s
LADYBUG	11	2	sw
MEALWORM	13	10	n
STICKBUG	12	11	n
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	se