Create a base class called Insect. All insects belong to an Order [i.e. “Hemiptera” (ants),  “Siphonaptera” (fleas), “Termitoidae” (termites), “Gryllidae” (crickets), etc.] and have a size that is measured in millimeters (use a double data type). Provide a default constructor that initializes the size to zero and outputs the message “Invoking the default Insect constructor” and another constructor that allows the Order and size to be set by the client. This other constructor should also output the message “Invoking the 2-argument Insect constructor.”  Also create a destructor for this class that outputs the message “Invoking the default Insect destructor.” Your Insect class should have a function called Eat that cannot be implemented.  That is, it should be declared as a purely virtual function. Your class should also have Get and Set methods to allow the order and size to be accessed.

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  1. Create a base class called Insect. All insects belong to an Order [i.e. “Hemiptera” (ants),  “Siphonaptera” (fleas), “Termitoidae” (termites), “Gryllidae” (crickets), etc.] and have a size that is measured in millimeters (use a double data type). Provide a default constructor that initializes the size to zero and outputs the message “Invoking the default Insect constructor” and another constructor that allows the Order and size to be set by the client. This other constructor should also output the message “Invoking the 2-argument Insect constructor.”  Also create a destructor for this class that outputs the message “Invoking the default Insect destructor.” Your Insect class should have a function called Eat that cannot be implemented.  That is, it should be declared as a purely virtual function. Your class should also have Get and Set methods to allow the order and size to be accessed.
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