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