Malaria is a major public health issue in many parts of the world, and the anopheles mosquitoes which drive transmission are key targets for interventions. Consequently, a best understanding of mosquito populations dynamics is necessary in the fight against the disease. Hence, in this paper we propose a delayed mathematical model of the life cycle of anopheles mosquitoes by using delayed-logistic population growth. The model is formulated by inserting the time delay into the logistic population growth rate, that accounts for the period of growth from eggs to the last aquatic stage, which is pupae. Depending on the system parameters, we establish a threshold for survival and extinction of the anopheles mosquitoes population. Moreover, by choosing the time delay as a bifurcation parameter, we prove that the system loses its stability and a Hopf bifurcation occurs when time delay passes through some critical values. Finally, we perform some numerical simulations and the results are well in keeping with the analytical analysis.