There are actually fireflies – which is a beetle, not a fly – all along the west coast of the U.S.; they just prefer to be active during the day so are not seen like the ones seen in the east in the dark.
Fireflies

There are actually fireflies – which is a beetle, not a fly – all along the west coast of the U.S.; they just prefer to be active during the day so are not seen like the ones seen in the east in the dark.