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The ladybird beetles were collected between 1992 and 2023 in the city of Radom and its surroundings (Central Poland). Apart from the urbanized habitats in Radom, the study area also covered a relatively large (about 30,000 ha) complex of the Kozienice Forest as well as smaller woodland, wetland, and agricultural areas around Radom. A variety of collection methods were used, including direct observation, sweep netting, shaking insects off herbaceous plants and shrubs, various traps (Lingren funnel trap, window trap (IBL-2), pheromone trap (IBL-3)), attracting to light, litter sifting, and examination of under-bark microhabitats. In total, 515 ladybird specimens belonging to 52 species were recorded. Interestingly, similar numbers of species were recorded within the administrative boundaries of Radom (43) and in the Kozienice Forest (41), thus indicating that urbanized areas can host ladybird assemblages equally species-rich or richer as those much less anthropogenically transformed areas. Several of the species recorded in this study, such as Nephus bipunctatus (K UGELANN, 1794), Scymnus ater K UGELANN, 1794, S. impexus M ULSANT, 1850, S. interruptus (G OEZE , 1777) and Hyperaspis pseudopustulata M ULSANT, 1853, are considered rare in Poland.