Moths of the Limberlost: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Moths of the Limberlost, credited to Gene Stratton-Porter, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of Moths of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter. Read by J. M. Smallheer. Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 - December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one of the last of the vanishing wetlands of the lower Great Lakes Basin. The Limberlost and Wildflower Woods of northeastern Indiana were the laboratory and inspiration for her stories, novels, essays, photography, and movies. She was an accomplished author, artist and photographer and is generally considered to be one of the first female authors to promulgate public positions; conserving the Limberlost Swamp in her case. Although Stratton-Porter wanted to focus on nature books, it was her romantic novels that made her famous and generated the finances that allowed her to pursue her nature studies. In Moths of the Limberlost, she shares her lifelong love of the moths she describes through a series of charming anecdotes and wonderfully descriptive passages, providing vivid detail of each stage of their life cycles. (Summary adapted from wikipedia and expanded by J. M. Smallheer) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Moths of the Limberlost
• Author credits: Gene Stratton-Porter
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 4:32:30

Catalogue topics

• nature
• moths
• Limberlost Swamp
• Indiana

Track guide

1. 01 - Moths of the Limberlost — 20:05
2. 02 - Mothes, Eggs, Caterpillars, Winter Quarters — 43:43
3. 03 - The Robin Moth: Cecropia — 38:40
4. 04 - The Yellow Emperor: Eacles Imperialis — 15:52
5. 05 - The Lady Bird: Deilephila Lineata — 10:46
6. 06 - Moths of the Moon: Actias Luna — 13:18
7. 07 - King of the Hollyhocks: Protoparce Celeus — 11:06
8. 08 - Hera of the Corn: Hyperchira Io — 16:44
9. 09 - The Sweetheart and the Bride: Catocala amatrix--Catocala neogama — 9:31
10. 10 - The Giant Gamin: Telea Polyphemus — 17:18
11. 11 - The Garden Fly: Protoparce Carolina — 10:50
12. 12 - Bloody-nose of Sunshine Hill: Hemaris Thysbe — 12:24
13. 13 - The Modest Moth: Triptogon Modesta — 10:49
14. 14 - The Pride of the Lilacs - Attacus Promethea — 12:51
15. 15 - The King of the Poets: Citheronia Regalis — 28:41

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