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