Des Helmore | |
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 Helmore in 2011 | |
| Born | 1940 (age 83–84) |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Ilam School of Fine Arts, Christchurch |
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| Known for | New Zealand Arthropod Collection |
Desmond W. Helmore (born 1940) is a New Zealand artist and illustrator, known both for his fine art and for his scientific work depicting insects, not least illustrating the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. One of the country's most noted and prolific biological illustrators, over 1000 of his illustrations of insects were published in research papers from 1976 to 2006.