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	10	nw
BUTTERFLY	13	8	n
DRAGONFLY	3	2	s
EARWIG	12	2	w
GRASSHOPPER	4	3	se
HORSEFLY	9	13	w
INCHWORM	3	6	se
LADYBUG	13	3	sw
MEALWORM	12	13	nw
STICKBUG	11	1	w
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	sw