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