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	13	9	n
BUTTERFLY	3	9	ne
DRAGONFLY	2	3	e
EARWIG	2	12	e
GRASSHOPPER	3	4	se
HORSEFLY	10	13	nw
INCHWORM	6	3	se
LADYBUG	13	5	sw
MEALWORM	1	1	e
STICKBUG	5	11	ne
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	ne