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