1. The Australian jewel beetle is dimpled, glossy and brown.

2. But we have an advantage over the jewel beetle: our science and technology.

3. The jewel beetle, Melanophila Acuminate, is a living fire detector. In place of these, we analyzed timing of anthesis, presence or absence of seed wings and pistillate racemes, and prevalence of Acuminate leaf apices and attenuate leaf bases.