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	1	3	se
BUTTERFLY	1	5	s
DRAGONFLY	4	2	se
EARWIG	12	12	w
GRASSHOPPER	4	3	se
HORSEFLY	11	8	n
INCHWORM	7	13	w
LADYBUG	10	8	n
MEALWORM	3	5	s
STICKBUG	10	11	nw
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw