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	13	n
BUTTERFLY	10	9	nw
DRAGONFLY	4	2	e
EARWIG	9	1	w
GRASSHOPPER	5	3	se
HORSEFLY	9	13	nw
INCHWORM	11	13	w
LADYBUG	12	9	n
MEALWORM	1	11	e
STICKBUG	6	4	e
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw