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