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