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	13	11	w
BUTTERFLY	13	9	n
DRAGONFLY	12	1	sw
EARWIG	11	2	w
GRASSHOPPER	2	9	ne
HORSEFLY	1	2	s
INCHWORM	6	13	e
LADYBUG	11	3	s
MEALWORM	11	12	w
STICKBUG	5	8	n
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	sw