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	1	s
BUTTERFLY	3	1	e
DRAGONFLY	12	13	w
EARWIG	12	2	s
GRASSHOPPER	4	5	se
HORSEFLY	12	9	nw
INCHWORM	9	7	sw
LADYBUG	8	11	nw
MEALWORM	13	12	nw
STICKBUG	13	10	n
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	sw