Des Helmore

Des Helmore
Helmore in 2011
Born1940 (age 83–84)
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materIlam School of Fine Arts, Christchurch
Occupations
  • Artist
  • Illustrator
Known forNew Zealand Arthropod Collection
Drawing of Lecanomerus sharpi by Helmore, made in 2004 for the 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.