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