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Why are mysterious jpg files being created in my home folder? They seem to be thumbnails with file names containing word moth. 

me@desktop:~$ cd $home
me@desktop:~$ ls
01diplo1-moth.jpg            Documents
30CAR-moth.jpg               dog-slater-obit-moth.jpg
30COVER-moth.jpg             Douthat_New-moth.jpg
30DRINKINGsub-moth.jpg       Downloads
30-DRUGTRIALS-JP1-moth.jpg 
30eat-moth-v2.jpg            ecuador-moth.jpg
30FASTFOODsub-moth.jpg       EXECUTE-1-moth.jpg
30FRANCE-moth.jpg            Friedman_New-thumbStandard.jpg
30GERMANY-moth.jpg           JP-CLINTON-moth-v2.jpg
30-GRET1-moth.jpg            jp-qatar-moth.jpg
30JPHIRSCH1-moth.jpg         justice-moth-v4.jpg
30MOB1_SPAN-moth-v2.jpg      mag-30pot-t_CA0-moth.jpg
30NATURE1-moth.jpg           memory-moth-v2.jpg
30-next-span-moth.jpg        My GCompris
30stone-img-moth.jpg         Pictures
30SUBCOVER_SPAN-moth-v2.jpg  Public
30Tour_2-moth.jpg            rivera1-moth-v2.jpg
audiobooks                   SAMESEX-FLOATER-2-moth.jpg
audiobooks-moth.jpg          STATUE-moth.jpg
BASE-1-moth-v2.jpg           SUB-DELOS-COVER-moth.jpg
Bike-moth-v2.jpg             sunscreen-look-slide-T9SW-moth.jpg
chinagold1-moth-v2.jpg       Templates
Desktop                      tennis-1-moth-v2.jpg
Thomas Ward
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user171605
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It's liferea, as soon as I start it files start appearing, then stop when I quit.

Also, found this:

Random images appearing in my home directory... Where are they coming from?

Community
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user172437
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The culprit is confirmed as wget via liferea. This seems to be default behavior for liferea. It can be changed under Tools > Preferences > Enclosures tab. If "Save downloads in" is left empty, enclosures are saved in the home folder. Change to wherever you want them to go and problem solved.

user172730
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