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