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	3	13	ne
BUTTERFLY	5	13	e
DRAGONFLY	1	10	ne
EARWIG	1	2	e
GRASSHOPPER	1	9	n
HORSEFLY	6	12	ne
INCHWORM	7	6	se
LADYBUG	2	1	e
MEALWORM	3	9	ne
STICKBUG	1	8	ne
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	sw