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	12	e
BUTTERFLY	1	10	ne
DRAGONFLY	12	1	w
EARWIG	8	12	nw
GRASSHOPPER	2	9	ne
HORSEFLY	2	4	se
INCHWORM	8	1	sw
LADYBUG	7	12	ne
MEALWORM	5	12	ne
STICKBUG	8	13	w
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw