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