wierd purple and red worm!!!!!

[shento256]

hi i just bought a colony of zoos at my LFS and after careful inspection for un wanted things i foiund a worm. the worm is only 1 inch in length the body is purple and reddish pink in color the back half of the body a 3rd of it is purple and the rest of the body is red. it seems to have many legs almost like a centiped or milliped i didnt count though but thats what it looks like.

[charlesr1958]

If you can see the worm's head structures, you may find what you have within my hitch hiker pages. From your description it sounds like a very commonly found bristleworm and is most likely a harmless scavenger.

Chuck's Hitch Hikers (http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/hitchhikers.html)

Chuck