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