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