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	10	n
BUTTERFLY	3	8	ne
DRAGONFLY	13	2	s
EARWIG	12	3	s
GRASSHOPPER	5	10	ne
HORSEFLY	11	6	sw
INCHWORM	11	9	nw
LADYBUG	5	12	e
MEALWORM	1	8	ne
STICKBUG	11	2	sw
YELLOWJACKET	7	7	nw