I am not sure if there is any research on insects and hurricanes but there is ancient indian folklore relation between actions of sea turtles and hurricanes. Here is a story from the Florida times in Jacksonville about how the sea turtles didnt nest but Fleed Jax in 1964... The year Dora came ashore Jacksonville.
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/053099/met_1f1dora_.html
This year, there is concern that the sea turtles are not nesting for some reason

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/060805/nes_18927559.shtml
Also, there was mention of sea turtles nesting on higher ground last year in South Fla and they are noticing the nests are even higher this year.
http://www.wftv.com/news/4583160/detail.html
May or may not mean anything but is interresting to say the least