IPhoto launching when it shouldn't?

is there a good reason why suddenly iPhoto launches whenever i plug in a little keychain flash drive? it never did so before, and i've had the drive for probably two years now.
thanks.

thanks for the response. but...
first, there was nothing new on that drive that wasn't always there, and it never used to launch iPhoto. to be sure, i removed ever single graphic file from the drive, and it makes no difference. it still launches iPhoto.
second, when the drive loads in iPhoto, it's not trying to download anything. it goes to the same screen that comes up when i plug in my digital camera, but says "There are no items to import". under the source info in the lower left, it says "No items". there has to be SOMETHING different that's making this happen when it never did before...

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