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	12	n
BUTTERFLY	3	12	e
DRAGONFLY	2	4	se
EARWIG	2	2	e
GRASSHOPPER	10	11	nw
HORSEFLY	9	8	n
INCHWORM	10	13	w
LADYBUG	8	12	nw
MEALWORM	13	13	n
STICKBUG	11	3	s
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	se