"targets" instead of icons on ipad air

My regular icons are disappearing and being replaced by targets.  Why?

Well....I don't know why it happened, but I know how to fix it.   After reviewing the 8 or so target icons I discovered that ALL of them were internet website saves.  Not Apps!   Usually I just plug the iPad in to charge it, but this time I shut it off first to clean the screen without having everything on it go wacky as I wiped.  Perhaps that's the difference related to cause. 
So, I just opened each "target', re-saved to the "desktop", and erased the old one.   They had been there for a year or so.....never had a problem before!
Thanks for everyone's interest and assistance.

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