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	9	2	w
BUTTERFLY	12	10	n
DRAGONFLY	11	12	n
EARWIG	7	10	nw
GRASSHOPPER	10	11	nw
HORSEFLY	1	6	se
INCHWORM	1	4	s
LADYBUG	11	1	w
MEALWORM	9	3	sw
STICKBUG	13	11	n
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	ne