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