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