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	12	n
BUTTERFLY	4	12	e
DRAGONFLY	4	2	e
EARWIG	12	10	n
GRASSHOPPER	5	3	se
HORSEFLY	2	3	se
INCHWORM	5	4	se
LADYBUG	11	11	w
MEALWORM	9	13	w
STICKBUG	6	4	e
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw