Andrew Garfield delivers spider to New York history museum

Actor ANDREW GARFIELD turned real-life SPIDER-MAN on Wednesday (27Jun12) when he hand delivered a live tarantula to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

The Social Network star, who plays the web-slinging superhero in new movie The Amazing Spider-Man, handed over the hairy Chilean rose to museum curator Norman Platnick for the upcoming exhibition Spiders Alive!

The event was part of what Big Apple officials have dubbed Spider-Man Week - to celebrate the blockbuster's release on 3 July (12).

Garfield and his castmates, including Emma Stone, Denis Leary and Rhys Ifans, also lit up the Empire State Building Spider-Man red and blue on Monday (25Jun12) as part of a Stand Up 2 Cancer charity initiative.